Emily Tapscott Clark

Emily Tapscott Clark Balch was an American writer and editor. She is best known for co-founding the literary magazine The Reviewer.

Biography

Balch née Clark was born on September 8, 1892, in Richmond, Virginia. she attended Virginia Randolph Ellett School for Girls.
She wrote reviews for the Richmond Evening-Journal until the book page was no longer published. In 1920 she co-founded the literary magazine, The Reviewer. The other founders were fellow Richmond residents Margaret Waller Freeman, Hunter Taylor Stagg, and Mary Dallas Street. The publication existed from 1921 through 1925.
In 1924 she married Edwin Balch and left the magazine. The couple resided in Baltimore. Edwin died in 1927.
Balch's novel "Stuffed Peacocks" was published in 1927 by Knopf. In 1931 Knopf published her book "Innocence Abroad".
Balch died on July 2, 1953, in Philadelphia. She was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.