Clarissa Fairchild Cushman

Clarissa Fairchild Cushman
Born
Clarissa White Fairchild

(1889-01-13)13 January 1889
USA
Died18 February 1980(1980-02-18) (aged 91)
Virginia, USA
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
Notable worksYoung Widow
SpouseRobert Eugene Cushman

Clarissa Fairchild Cushman (13 Jan 1889 – 18 Feb 1980) was an American author, best known for Young Widow which was turned into a movie starring Jane Russell. She won the Mary Roberts Rinehart Mystery Novel Prize for I Wanted to Murder.[1]

Personal life

She was a member of the Fairchild family. She attended Oberlin College.[2] She married Robert Eugene Cushman in 1916.[2][3]

Works

  • The new poor (1928)
  • The bright hill (1936)[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
  • Judith/But for her Garden (1936)
  • The side of regret (1938)[11]
  • I wanted to murder (1941)[12]
  • Young widow (1945)
  • The glass barracks[13]

References

  1. ^ "Books and Authors". New York Times. 31 March 1940.
  2. ^ a b "Novelist Clarissa Cushman dies". Ithaca Journal. 22 February 1980.
  3. ^ "Robert Eugene Cushman".
  4. ^ Cushman, Clarissa Fairchild (10 May 1938). ""The bright hill"". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
  5. ^ Cushman, Clarissa Fairchild (29 June 1938). ""The bright hill"". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
  6. ^ Cushman, Clarissa Fairchild (30 June 1938). ""The bright hill"". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
  7. ^ Cushman, Clarissa Fairchild (28 June 1938). ""The bright hill"". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
  8. ^ Cushman, Clarissa Fairchild (25 May 1938). ""The bright hill"". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
  9. ^ Cushman, Clarissa Fairchild (4 June 1938). ""The bright hill"". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
  10. ^ Cushman, Clarissa Fairchild (22 June 1938). ""The bright hill"". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
  11. ^ "Love on the Campus". Montreal Gazette. 24 July 1937.
  12. ^ "Blood & Thunder". Montreal Gazette. 15 February 1941.
  13. ^ Watts, Sybil (27 May 1950). "Housing project". Windsor Daily Star.