Gertrude Atherton was a novelist born on October 30, 1857 in California. She was a prolific writer, and her works explored themes of gender, race, and class. She was also a prominent figure in the literary world, and her net worth, biography, age, height, family, and career updates are well-documented.
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An American fiction writer and essayist, she is particularly known for her 1923 best-selling novel, Black Oxen. She also published a popular book series on the social history of California.
She published her first short story, The Randolphs of Redwood: A Romance, in 1882.
She is often compared to Henry James and Edith Wharton.
She was raised in California and Kentucky by her maternal grandfather. She married George H.B. Atherton in 1876.
She studied writing under Ambrose Bierce.
