At age nine, Edna wrote her first novel and she submitted articles to "Sunny South." By 1930, she was Copywriter & assist. Advert. manager for a San Francisco Dept. store. She returned to Atlanta and did the same at Rich's, became fashion editor of the Atlanta Journal, wrote, produced, and broadcast hundreds of programs for WSB radio, such as the serial "Symphony of Life" and "Southern Heroes." Her work on the latter, with the remembered stories of her grandparents, gave her the intimate knowledge of the Reconstruction era, which she used in "Web of Days."
In 1949, "The Queen Bee" ran in serial form in "Woman's Home Companion."
During the 1950s, she and her husband, Harry Lee, were living in New York.
Her published novels:
"The Web of Days" - Published 1947 by D. Appleton-Century Co. in New York.
"Queen Bee" - Appleton-Century Crofts, 1949.
"The Southerners" - Copyright 1953, published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
"All That Heaven Allows" (with Harry Lee, her son) - G.P. Putnam's, 1953.
Two of them were turned into movies:
"Queen Bee," Released in 1955 - Main Cast: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland.
"All That Heaven Allows" - Released in 1955, Directed by Douglas Sirk, Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, etc. It was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1995.
Edna Lee died in Queens, New York. ( "The New York Times," Obit., September 27, 1963, Page 29.)
In 1949, "The Queen Bee" ran in serial form in "Woman's Home Companion."
During the 1950s, she and her husband, Harry Lee, were living in New York.
Her published novels:
"The Web of Days" - Published 1947 by D. Appleton-Century Co. in New York.
"Queen Bee" - Appleton-Century Crofts, 1949.
"The Southerners" - Copyright 1953, published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
"All That Heaven Allows" (with Harry Lee, her son) - G.P. Putnam's, 1953.
Two of them were turned into movies:
"Queen Bee," Released in 1955 - Main Cast: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland.
"All That Heaven Allows" - Released in 1955, Directed by Douglas Sirk, Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, etc. It was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1995.
Edna Lee died in Queens, New York. ( "The New York Times," Obit., September 27, 1963, Page 29.)
At age nine, Edna wrote her first novel and she submitted articles to "Sunny South." By 1930, she was Copywriter & assist. Advert. manager for a San Francisco Dept. store. She returned to Atlanta and did the same at Rich's, became fashion editor of the Atlanta Journal, wrote, produced, and broadcast hundreds of programs for WSB radio, such as the serial "Symphony of Life" and "Southern Heroes." Her work on the latter, with the remembered stories of her grandparents, gave her the intimate knowledge of the Reconstruction era, which she used in "Web of Days."
In 1949, "The Queen Bee" ran in serial form in "Woman's Home Companion."
During the 1950s, she and her husband, Harry Lee, were living in New York.
Her published novels:
"The Web of Days" - Published 1947 by D. Appleton-Century Co. in New York.
"Queen Bee" - Appleton-Century Crofts, 1949.
"The Southerners" - Copyright 1953, published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
"All That Heaven Allows" (with Harry Lee, her son) - G.P. Putnam's, 1953.
Two of them were turned into movies:
"Queen Bee," Released in 1955 - Main Cast: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland.
"All That Heaven Allows" - Released in 1955, Directed by Douglas Sirk, Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, etc. It was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1995.
Edna Lee died in Queens, New York. ( "The New York Times," Obit., September 27, 1963, Page 29.)
In 1949, "The Queen Bee" ran in serial form in "Woman's Home Companion."
During the 1950s, she and her husband, Harry Lee, were living in New York.
Her published novels:
"The Web of Days" - Published 1947 by D. Appleton-Century Co. in New York.
"Queen Bee" - Appleton-Century Crofts, 1949.
"The Southerners" - Copyright 1953, published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
"All That Heaven Allows" (with Harry Lee, her son) - G.P. Putnam's, 1953.
Two of them were turned into movies:
"Queen Bee," Released in 1955 - Main Cast: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland.
"All That Heaven Allows" - Released in 1955, Directed by Douglas Sirk, Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, etc. It was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1995.
Edna Lee died in Queens, New York. ( "The New York Times," Obit., September 27, 1963, Page 29.)
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