Gertrude Franklin Atherton

Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (Oct. 30, 1857 - June 14, 1948) was a writer even as a young woman. Her writing was discouraged by her husband, George Atherton; after he died in 1887 she pursued writing and was mentored by Ambrose Bierce. She is most known for her historical works, particularly taking place in California, but wrote some works featuring supernatural or speculative elements.

Bibliography

• The Randolphs of Redwood (1882; published anonymously)
• What Dreams May Come (1888; first signed novel, published under pseudonym Frank Lin)
• The Splendid, Idle Forties: Stories of Old California (1902) (historical California novel)
• "The Bell in the Fog" (1905) (supernatural)
• The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories (1905 collection)
• The Conqueror (1902) (fictionalized biography of Alexander Hamilton)
• The White Morning (1918) (women's revolution)
• Black Oxen (1923) (woman regains her youth)
• The Doomswoman: An Historical Romance of Old California
• The Living Present
• Rezanov
• Senator North
• The Sisters-in-Law
• Sleeping Fires: A Novel
• The Valiant Runaways
• What Dreams May Come
• 60 books and many articles