Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958)
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) Despite being the busy wife of a physician, mother of three sons, and victim of fragile health, Pennsylvania native Mary Roberts Rinehart became one of the most popular and highest-paid writers in America. Between 1908 and 1953, she churned out fifty-four books, mostly “whodunit” novels, which enthralled readers worldwide. In her 1980 biography, Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary...read more