Myrtle Reed
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Myrtle Reed (September 27, 1874–August 17, 1911) was an American author, poet, and journalist, the daughter of Elizabeth Armstrong Reed and the preacher Hiram von Reed. She wrote a number of bestsellers and even published a series of cookbooks under the pseudonym Olive Green.
She was born in Illinois and graduated from the West Division High School, Chicago, IL. In 1906 she married James Sydney McCullough, a Canadian pen-pal. She died August 17, 1911 of a drug overdose in Chicago, Illinois. Her suicide letter was published the following day.
Among her books (some of them were very popular) are:
- Love Letters of a Musician (1899)
- Later Love Letters of a Musician (1900)
- The Spinster Book (1901)
- Lavender and Old Lace (1902; new edition, 1907)
- Pickaback Songs (1903)
- The Book of Clever Beasts (1904)
- The Master's Violin (1904)
- At the Sign of the Jack o' Lantern (1905), made into a silent film directed by Lloyd Ingraham in 1922
- A Spinner in the Sun (1906, new edition, 1909)
- Love Affairs of Literary Men (1907)
- Old Rose and Silver (1909)
- Master of the Vineyard (1910; new edition, 1911)
- Sonnets to a Lover (1910)
- A Weaver of Dreams (1911)
- Threads of Grey and Gold (1913)
She also published a series of cook books under the pseudonym of Olive Green.
- What to Have for Breakfast (1905)
- How to Cook Fish (1908)
- How to Cook Meat and Poultry
- One Thousand Simple Soups (1907)
- One Thousand Salads (1909)
The following works were published posthumously:
- Everyday Desserts (1911)
- Myrtle Reed Cookbook (1916)
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
