Virna Woods
Virna Woods | |
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| Born | April 26, 1864 Wilmington |
| Died | March 6, 1903 (aged 38) Sacramento |
| Occupation | Writer |
Virna Woods (April 26, 1864 – March 6, 1903) was an American author, poet, and playwright.
Virna Woods was born on April 26, 1864 in Wilmington, Ohio, the daughter of John Brookins Woods and Virginia Alice Pidgeon. She was raised in Zanesville, Ohio. She relocated to California in 1883 and worked as a schoolteacher in Sacramento, California.[1][2]
Most of her work is set in California. Her novels include Jason Hildreth's Identity, which appeared in Lippincott's Monthly in 1897.[3]
She created a stage adaptation of Strathmore by Ouida, produced in San Francisco in 1903 starring Virginia Drew Trescott.[4]
Virna Woods died of pneumonia on March 6, 1903, in Sacramento.[4]
Bibliography
- The Amazons: A Lyrical Drama (1891) [5]
- A Modern Magdalen (1894)[6][7][8]
- An Elusive Lover (1898)[6][7][8]
References
- ^ Coyle, William (1962). Ohio authors and their books: biographical data and selective bibliographies for Ohio authors, native and resident, 1796–1950. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Cleveland, New York, The World Pub. Co.
- ^ Hinkel, Edgar Joseph; McCann, William E.; Alameda County Free Library; United States. Work Projects Administration (1942). Biographies of California authors and indexes of California literature. San Francisco Public Library. Oakland, Calif.
- ^ "Virna Woods". San Francisco call. June 6, 1897. p. 23.
- ^ a b "MISS VIRNA WOODS DEAD". The New York Times. 1903-03-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
- ^ Davis, Gwenn (1992). Drama by women to 1900 : a bibliography of American and British writers. Internet Archive. Toronto : University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-2797-9.
- ^ a b Research Publications, inc (1974). American fiction, 1774-1900 : cumulative author index of the microfilm collection. Internet Archive. New Haven : Research Publications. ISBN 978-0-8357-0065-8.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Wright, Lyle Henry (1966). American fiction, 1876-1900; a contribution toward a bibliography. Internet Archive. San Marino, Calif., Huntington Library.
- ^ a b Grimes, Janet (1981). Novels in English by women, 1891–1920 : a preliminary checklist. Internet Archive. New York : Garland Pub. ISBN 978-0-8240-9522-2.
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