KATHARINE BRUSH

Katharine Brush (1901–1952)- Born Katharine Ingham, in Middletown, Connecticut, she was married and divorced twice, the first time to Thomas Stewart Brush, the owner of a chain of newspapers in Ohio.  She began writing fiction in 1923, and reached national recognition with the bestsellers Young Man of Manhattan (1930) and Red-Headed Woman (1931). Her collection of short stories, Night Club, appeared in 1929, and her semi-autobiographical novel, This Is on Me, appeared in 1940. She wrote a number of short stories, novels, articles and screenplays until her death, in 1952.

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