Lucia Chamberlain | |
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![]() Chamberlain, photographed by
Zaida Ben-Yusuf in c. 1908 | |
Born | San Francisco, California, US | February 16, 1882
Died | December 3, 1978 Santa Cruz, California, US | (aged 96)
Occupation | Writer |
Relatives | Mary Curtis Richardson (aunt) |
Lucia Chamberlain (February 16, 1882 – December 3, 1978) was an American novelist. Her 1909 book The Other Side of the Door was the basis of a 1916 film of the same name, [1] and her 1917 short story "The Underside" formed the basis of the 1920 film Blackmail. [2] [3] The 1916 film The Wedding Guest is also based on her writing. [4]
Chamberlain was born in San Francisco, [5] [6] the daughter of John Chamberlain and Leila Curtis Chamberlain. Her maternal grandfather Lucien Curtis was an engraver from Connecticut, [7] and her mother had a wood engraving business in the city in the 1870s. [8] [9] Her aunt, Mary Curtis Richardson, was a noted portrait artist. [10] [11] She and her sister were encouraged to write by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. [12]
WorldCat lists Chamberlain's genres of writing as fiction, detective and mystery fiction, short stories, [13] and Western fiction. [14] At least two of her books were translated into Swedish and published as Den stulna ringen (The Stolen Ring) [15] and Falska indicier (False Clues). [16]
H. L. Mencken, writing in The Smart Set in 1909, described The Other Side of the Door as: "A mildly diverting tale of adventure, with the scene laid in early San Francisco, and a fiery Latin flavor in some of the characters." [17]
Chamberlain wrote her first two books, Mrs. Essington and The Coast of Chance, in collaboration with her older sister, Esther, [18] who owned an advertising agency in New York. [19] [20] Mrs. Essington was reviewed in The New York Times. [21] Esther died in 1908. [12]
In 1932, Chamberlain co-organized an exhibition of works by Mary Curtis Richardson, at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. [10]
Lucia Chamberlain lived on Russian Hill in San Francisco. [22] She died in 1978, in Santa Cruz, California, aged 96 years. [23]
Lucia Chamberlain | |
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![]() Chamberlain, photographed by
Zaida Ben-Yusuf in c. 1908 | |
Born | San Francisco, California, US | February 16, 1882
Died | December 3, 1978 Santa Cruz, California, US | (aged 96)
Occupation | Writer |
Relatives | Mary Curtis Richardson (aunt) |
Lucia Chamberlain (February 16, 1882 – December 3, 1978) was an American novelist. Her 1909 book The Other Side of the Door was the basis of a 1916 film of the same name, [1] and her 1917 short story "The Underside" formed the basis of the 1920 film Blackmail. [2] [3] The 1916 film The Wedding Guest is also based on her writing. [4]
Chamberlain was born in San Francisco, [5] [6] the daughter of John Chamberlain and Leila Curtis Chamberlain. Her maternal grandfather Lucien Curtis was an engraver from Connecticut, [7] and her mother had a wood engraving business in the city in the 1870s. [8] [9] Her aunt, Mary Curtis Richardson, was a noted portrait artist. [10] [11] She and her sister were encouraged to write by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. [12]
WorldCat lists Chamberlain's genres of writing as fiction, detective and mystery fiction, short stories, [13] and Western fiction. [14] At least two of her books were translated into Swedish and published as Den stulna ringen (The Stolen Ring) [15] and Falska indicier (False Clues). [16]
H. L. Mencken, writing in The Smart Set in 1909, described The Other Side of the Door as: "A mildly diverting tale of adventure, with the scene laid in early San Francisco, and a fiery Latin flavor in some of the characters." [17]
Chamberlain wrote her first two books, Mrs. Essington and The Coast of Chance, in collaboration with her older sister, Esther, [18] who owned an advertising agency in New York. [19] [20] Mrs. Essington was reviewed in The New York Times. [21] Esther died in 1908. [12]
In 1932, Chamberlain co-organized an exhibition of works by Mary Curtis Richardson, at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. [10]
Lucia Chamberlain lived on Russian Hill in San Francisco. [22] She died in 1978, in Santa Cruz, California, aged 96 years. [23]