the Samuel Goldwyn Company in 1933 as a "talkie" starring Ronald Colman. An epileptic, Thurston's blossoming career was cut short at the age of 37 when she was found dead in her hotel room in Cork. The official enquiry on 6 September 1911 gave the cause of death as asphyxia as result of a seizure. She had been due to remarry later that month. to Dr A. T. Bulkeley Gavin. She was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cork. The story of her final years and her relations with Bulkeley Gavin are the subject of a published thesis by C. M. Copeland, written while studying at the Napier University, Edinburgh. Partial bibliography The Circle (1903). John Chilcote M.P. (US title: The Masquerader, 1904). The Gambler (1905). The Mystics (1907) (previously serialized in Blackwood's Magazine 1906). The Fly on the Wheel (1908). Max (1910). References External links Works by Katherine Thurston, at Hathi Trust 1874 births 1911 deaths Irish women novelists People from County Cork Deaths from asphyxiation