Ann Fairbairn
American author (1902-1972)
Dorothy Tait (March 1, 1901, Cambridge, Massachusetts – February 8, 1972, Monterey, California), better known by her pen name, Ann Fairbairn, was an American author. She wrote Five Smooth Stones, published in 1966, which was her best-known work. Fairbairn also wrote That Man Cartwright, which was published in 1970.
Early life and career
Tait attended Leland Powers School in Boston. During the 1930s, she worked as a writer for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). During World War II, she worked as a riveter in the San Francisco shipyards. In the 1940s, she moved to Bakersfield, California, where she worked as a newspaper reporter and served as a news editor and continuity director for a local radio station.
She lived in New Orleans for many years and, for two and a half years, lived in Rio de Janeiro. She began work as a feature editor and a newspaper reporter.
While living in New Orleans, Tait managed the American and international tours of jazz clarinetist George Lewis's band for more than a decade.
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