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Harold Bell Wright
American writer
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Born | May 4, 1872 Rome, New York, US |
Died | May 24, 1944(1944-05-24) (aged 72) La Jolla, California, US |
Occupation(s) | Author, preacher |
Known for | The Shepherd of the Hills The Winning of Barbara Worth |
Spouses | Frances Long-Wright (m. 1899; div. 1920)Winifred Mary Potter (m. 1920) |
Children | 3 |
Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872 – May 24, 1944) was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and nonfiction.[1] Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he had a very successful career; he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction.[2] Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books,[3] several stage plays, and many ma