Curtis Yorke, the pen name of Susan Rowley Richmond Lee (1854 – 1930), was a Scottish writer.

The daughter of John Jex Long, she was born Susan Rowley Long in Scotland and was educated in Glasgow. She married John Wilson Richmond Lee, a mining engineer. The couple moved to Kensington. She published her first novel That Little Girl in 1886[1] and went on to publish almost 50 titles.[2]

Selected works

  • Hush!: A Novel (1888), 3 volumes, published by Richard Bentley
  • Dudley. A Story Of Modern Life (1888) published by Jarrold & Sons
  • The Wild Ruthvens: A Home Story (1889) published by Jarrold & Sons
  • The Mystery of Belgrave Square (1889) published by F.V. White
  • A Romance of Modern London: A Novel (1892), 3 volumes, published by F.V. White
  • His Heart to Win (1893) published by Jarrold & Sons
  • Between the Silences and Other Stories (1894) published by Jarrold & Sons
  • The Medlicotts: An Uneventful Family Chronicle (1895) published by Jarrold & Sons
  • Because of the Child: A Story without a Plot (1897) published by Jarrold & Sons
  • A Flirtation with Truth (1897) published by John Macqueen
  • Carpathia Knox: A Novel (1900) published by Jarrold & Sons
  • Only Betty (1907) published by John Long[3]
  • All about Judy (1927)[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Author Information". At the Circulating Library.
  2. 1 2 Room, Adrian (2012). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. p. 519. ISBN 978-0786457632.
  3. ↑ "Review of Only Betty by Curtis Yorke". The Athenaeum (4166): 233. 31 August 1907.
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