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A Short Biography of Myrtle Reed

Author Name:

Myrtle Reed

Born As:

Other Names:

Myrtle Reed

Born:

27 Sep 1874

Died:

17 Aug 1911




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Author, poet, and journalist                          
Selected Works:

Love Letters of a Musician - 1899
Later Love Letters of a Musician - 1900
The Spinster Book - 1901
Lavender and Old Lace - 1902; new edition, 1907
Pickaback Songs - 1903
The Book of Clever Beasts - 1904
The Master's Violin - 1904
At the Sign of the Jack o' Lantern - 1905, made into a silent film directed by Lloyd Ingraham in 1922
A Spinner in the Sun - 1906, new edition, 1909
Love Affairs of Literary Men - 1907
Old Rose and Silver - 1909
Master of the Vineyard - 1910; new edition, 1911
Sonnets to a Lover - 1910
A Weaver of Dreams - 1911
Threads of Grey and Gold - 1913

Also published a series of cook books under the pseudonym of 
Olive Green.
What to Have for Breakfast - 1905
How to Cook Fish - 1908
How to Cook Meat and Poultry
One Thousand Simple Soups - 1907
One Thousand Salads - 1909

The following works were published posthumously:
Everyday Desserts - 1911
Myrtle Reed Cookbook - 1916.                          
Mother  Elizabeth Armstrong Reed
Father Hiram von Reed
Husband James Sydney McCullough                          
                          
Myrtle Reed died after a drug overdose in Chicago, Illinois. Her suicide letter was published the following day.