Margaret Ayer Barnes (b. 1886, Chicago, Illinois; d. October 25, 1967, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American author. She was educated at Bryn Mawr College, where she earned an A.B. degree in 1907. She married Cecil Barnes in 1910. In 1926, at age 40, she broke her back in a traffic accident, and took up writing as a way to occupy her time. Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Cambridge City Hall Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ... Bryn Mawr is also the name of an official neighborhood of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...
Dishonored Lady, a play, also with Sheldon (1930), made into a 1947 motion picture of the same name (aka Sins of Madeleine)
Prevailing Winds, short stories (1928)
Years of Grace, a novel (1930), for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Westward Passage, a novel (1931), made into a 1932 motion picture of the same name
Within This Present, a novel (1933)
Edna, His Wife, a novel (1935)
Wisdom's Gate, a novel (1938)
Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by Edith Wharton which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. ... Edward Sheldon (1886-1946) was a dramatist and the brother of Curry Sheldon, who wrote the song, As I Went Down To The River To Pray. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ...
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Internet Movie Database page for Margaret Ayer Barnes
MargaretAyerBarnes, BMC 1907, was a novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
In 1910 she married Cecil Barnes, a lawyer, and between 1912 and 1919 had three sons, Cecil Jr., Edward Larrabee and Benjamin Ayer.
In 1929, Barnes again collaborated with Sheldon on Jenny, a comedy, and in 1930 on Dishonored Lady, a melodrama based on the 1857 trial of a British woman, Madeleine Smith, for the murder of her lover.
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