Nalbro Isadorah Bartley (November 10, 1888 – September 7, 1952), was an American short story writer, newspaper columnist and lecturer. Her serialized stories began appearing in popular magazines of the day while she was still in her early twenties. Background Bartley was born in Buffalo, New York in 1888. Her father was William Bartley who worked as an entertainer and her mother was Zayda Erndt. She had an older sibling. She was married three times. Her first two marriages to William Horace Lerch and Charles Leonard Shaw ended in divorce. Her third husband, Martin Lee Clark stayed with her until her death in 1952. She had one child by her second husband. Works Paradise Auction, 1917 The Bargain True, 1918 The Vanity Pool, 1918 A Woman's Woman, 1919 The Bramble Bush, 1919 The Gorgeous Girl, 1920 † The Gray Angels, 1920 † Miss Antique, 1920 Fair to Middling, 1921 Head Over Heels, 1922 Up and Coming, 1923 Judd & Judd, 1924 Bread and Jam, 1925 Her Mother's Daughter, 1926 †† The Dear Little Thing, 1926 Morning Thunder, 1927 The Mediocrat, 1928 The Godfather, 1929 The Fox Woman, 1929 The Immediate Family, 1930 The Premeditated Virgin, 1931 The Devil's Lottery, 1931 The Amateur Wife, 1932 Pease Porridge Hot, 1934 Breathless, 1934 † Available at Project Gutenberg †† Available at Faded Page Sources: WorldCat, Open Library, IMDb. Screen adaptations Some of her novels and stories were adapted to the movie screen. Up to seven of these were released between 1918 and 1932 including Head Over Heels and The Amateur Wife. References External links 1888 births 1952 deaths 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American writers American women novelists Novelists from New York (state) Writers from Buffalo, New York