Mildred Masterson McNeilly

Mildred Masterson McNeilly (28 May 1910 – 12 July 1997) was an American author best known for her novel Each Bright River.

She also wrote for mystery magazines under the pen-names James Dewey[1][2] and Glenn Kelly.[3][4][5]

Critical reception

The New York Review of Books said "...McNeilly writes with the authority of a careful researcher. There is excitement here as the author re-creates the agony of the Whitman Massacre, the adventure of the Gold Rush of '48, the fear and laughter of spirited men ..."[6]

Bibliography
  • Each Bright River: A Novel of the Oregon Country (1950)
  • Praise at Morning (1947)
  • Heaven is too high
  • Lovely day

References
  1. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 51.
  2. Carty, T.J. (2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 9781135955786. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. Carty, T.J. (2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 9781135955786. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 95.
  5. Women in Particular: An Index to American Women. p. 704.
  6. The New York Times Book Review. Part 1. SUNY Press. 1994. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-7914-1827-7.


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