Myrtle Reed was an American author, poet, journalist, and philanthropist, the daughter of author Elizabeth Armstrong Reed and the preacher Hiram von Reed. She wrote a number of bestsellers and even published a series of cookbooks under the pseudonym Olive Green.
She was born in Illinois and graduated from the West Division High School, Chicago, Illinois where she edited the school's newspaper called "The Voice." In 1906, she married James Sydney McCullough, a Canadian pen-pal who edited a college newspaper in Toronto. She was a diagnosed insomniac with prescribed sleeping drafts. She died August 17, 1911 of an overdose of sleeping powder taken with suicidal intent in her flat, called "Paradise Flat" at 5120 Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Her suicide letter, written to her maid, Annie Larsen, was published the following day. Her will directed her estate be divided among 8 charities which, for several years, had been favorites of their benefactor, however her estate was subjected to at least two different lawsuits. Paradise Flat, the residence in which she died, was burgled during her funeral; among the stolen items were several de luxe or limited edition novels written by the decedant.
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Lavender and old lace
17 editions - first published in 1902 Read -
A Spinner in the Sun
15 editions - first published in 1906 Read -
The Spinster Book
13 editions - first published in 1901 Read -
The master's violin
7 editions - first published in 1904 Read -
At the sign of the Jack o' Lantern
7 editions - first published in 1905 Read -
Master of the vineyard
5 editions - first published in 1910 Read -
Love Affairs of Literary Men
4 editions - first published in 1907 Read -
A weaver of dreams
4 editions - first published in 1911 Read -
Love letters of a musician
4 editions - first published in 1899 Read -
The shadow of victory: a romance of Fort Dearborn
3 editions - first published in 1903 Read -
Sonnets to a lover
3 editions - first published in 1910 Read -
The Shadow of Victory: A Romance of Fort Dearborn
2 editions - first published in 1903 Read -
Lavendar And Old Lace
2 editions - first published in 2004 -
A woman's career: the exactions and the obstacles
2 editions - first published in 1914 -
How to Cook Fish
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
The Myrtle Reed year book: epigrams and opinions from the writings and sayings of Myrtle Reed
2 editions - first published in 1911 Read -
Happy women
1 edition - first published in 1913 -
The Myrtle Reed cookbook
1 edition - first published in 1916 Read -
How to cook meat and poultry
1 edition - first published in 1908 -
The Myrtle Reed cookbook
1 edition - first published in 1916 Read -
The book of clever beasts: studies in unnatural history
1 edition - first published in 1904 Read
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