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Libbey, Laura Jean, 1862-1924

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Laura Jean Libbey, born March 22, 1862 - died October 25, 1924, was an American writer.

The highly popular author of fiction, her works were what became know as dime novels. Today they would be categorised as formulaic romance novels.

In 1898, at the age of 36, she married a lawyer. They did not have children.

On her passing in 1924, she was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

In the 1920s some of her novels were filmed.

External links

Works by Laura Jean Libbey at Project Gutenberg
- Project Gutenburg etext of Mischievous Maid Faynie
American Women's Dime Novel Project biography

This biographical information was gathered from the Laura_Jean_Libbey page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project.

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