Marie Louise Gibson Hale (November 24, 1886 – May 4, 1957) was an American author who published under the names Maryse Rutledge, Marice Rutledge, Marie Louise Goetchius, and Marie Louise Van Saanen.

Maryse Rutledge
BornNovember 24, 1884 Edit this on Wikidata
DiedMay 4, 1957 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 72)
OccupationWriter, suffragist Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Edmond van Saanen Algi, Gardner Hale Edit this on Wikidata

Marie Louise Gibson was born on November 24, 1884. She was the daughter of George Rutledge Gibson and Laura Belden Gibson.[1]

Her novels include the anti-war novel Children of Fate (1917)[2] and the science-fiction novel The Silver Peril (1931).[3] Her short story "The Thing They Loved", published in The Century, was included in the O. Henry Award's Prize Stories of 1920.[4]

Personal life edit

Hale was married three times. In 1904 she married Morgan Goetchius. They had two children who died in infancy.[1] She was married next to Romanian artist and architect Edmond van Saanen Algi. Her third husband was painter Gardner Hale. They married in 1916 and divorced in 1927.[5] He went on to marry Dorothy Hale.

Bibliography edit

  • Anne of Tréboul 1910[6]
  • The Blind Who See 1911[6]
  • Wild Grapes 1913[6]
  • Children of Fate 1917[6]
  • The Sad Adventurers 1924[6]
  • The Silver Peril 1931[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sexennial Record of the Class of 1904 Yale College, Yale University Press, 1904, p 122
  2. ^ Schneider, Dorothy (1991). Into the breach : American women overseas in World War I. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-83936-0.
  3. ^ "SFE: Rutledge, Maryse". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ^ Blanche Colton Wlliams (1921). o. henry memorial award: prize stories of 1920. Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "The Herald Statesman 31 May 1927, page 20". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Burke, William Jeremiah (1972). American authors and books, 1640 to the present day. Internet Archive. New York, Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-517-50139-9.