Thyra Samter Winslow
American writer and screenwriter
Thyra Samter Winslow (March 15, 1886 – December 2, 1961) was an American short story writer, novelist, and film story writer, who published over 200 stories during her career, frequently for magazines such as The Smart Set, The American Mercury, and The New Yorker.
Early life
Thyra Samter was born to Louis Samter and Sara Harris Samter, Jewish parents, in Fort Smith, Arkansas on March 15, 1886 (though other sources list contradictory birth years). Her parents had married in May 1885, and her father ran a dry-goods store. At one point in her teen or early adult years, Samter wrote a society column for the Fort Smith Southwest American entitled "The Lady Clerk."
After graduating from high school, Samter briefly attended the University of Missouri. In 1909, she moved to Chicago, working in vaudeville theatre and as a feature writer for the Chicago Tribune. In 1912, she married writer John Seymour Winslow. They divorced some time in 1927; Thyra Samter Winslow married engineer Nelson Waldorf Hyde in December of the same year.
Writing career
Winslow began publishing stories in The Smart Set in 1914. By 1923, the magazine had published almost 100 of her stories, some under the pseudonyms Bruce Reid, Laura Kent Mason, Seumas Le Chat, Betting Calvert, and others.
The first collection of Winslow's stories, Picture Frames, was published in 1923.
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