Margery Latimer

Margery Bodine Latimer (February 6, 1899 – August 16, 1932), born in Portage, Wisconsin, was an American novelist and short-story writer. She moved to New York City before finishing college and became involved in its cultural life. Latimer published two highly acclaimed novels, ''We Are Incredible'' (1928) and ''This is My Body'' (1930), and two collections of short stories, ''Nellie Bloom and Other Stories'' (1929), and ''Guardian Angel and Other Stories'' (1932). (This was reprinted in new editions in 1971 and 1984.)

Her formally experimental fiction was greatly influenced by the modernism of the 1920s. Reviewers of the period compared her to Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and D. H. Lawrence. Her work reflects feminist, socialist, and anti-racist ideals. Provided by Wikipedia