About
An American novelist and short story writer, she is known for such works as The Friendly Persuasion and A Mirror for the Sky.
Before fame
She graduated from Whittier College with an English degree and subsequently began a teaching career.
Trivia
Her popular novel, The Friendly Persuasion, was adapted into a film starring Gary Cooper.
Family life
She married Harry Maxwell McPherson in 1923.
Associated with
She is the second cousin of Richard Nixon.
