Nalbro Bartley
Nalbro Isadorah Bartley, was an American short story writer, newspaper columnist and lecturer. Her serialized stories began appearing in popular magazines of the day while she was still in her early twenties.
Background
Bartley was born in Buffalo, New York in 1888. Her father was William Bartley who worked as an entertainer and her mother was Zayda Erndt. She had an older sibling. She was married three times. She had a son John with her first husband, Charles Leornard Shaw. The marriage ended in divorce. Bartley lived in Utica, NY with her son where she was an active Zonta Club member. In 1925 she married Horace Lerch, sports editor of Buffalo Express, and moved to Niagara Falls, NY. W. Horace Lerch died June 6, 1931. Her third husband, Martin Lee Clark stayed with her until her death in 1952.Nalbro Bartley began working as a governess at 16. From 1907-09 she was a reporter for Buffalo Morning Express. In 1909 she went to New York City as a free lance writer. In 1917 she wrote for the Saturday Evening Post in Buffalo. Bartley was one of six local Buffalo women listed in the September 1, 1930 edition of Who's Who in America.
Works
Paradise Auction, 1917The Bargain True, 1918The Vanity Pool, 1918A Woman's Woman, 1919The Bramble Bush, 1919The Gorgeous Girl, 1920 †The Gray Angels, 1920 †Miss Antique, 1920 Fair to Middling, 1921Head Over Heels, 1922Up and Coming, 1923Judd & Judd, 1924Bread and Jam, 1925Her Mother's Daughter, 1926 ††The Dear Little Thing, 1926Morning Thunder, 1927The Mediocrat, 1928The Godfather, 1929The Fox Woman, 1929The Immediate Family, 1930The Premeditated Virgin, 1931The Devil's Lottery, 1931The Amateur Wife, 1932Pease Porridge Hot, 1934Breathless, 1934Sources: WorldCat, Open Library, IMDb.