Marie Conway Oemler(1875-1932)
- Writer
Amewrican novelist Marie Conway Oemler was born in Savannah, GA, in 1879. Although she had some private-school and public-school education, she was mostly home-schooled. She married at 22 years of age and didn't begin writing until she was in her late 30s, when her novel "Slippy McGee" (1917) was published. This story about a charming rogue eventually became a best-seller and was made into two movies (Slippy McGee (1923), Slippy McGee (1947)). She wrote several more novels and was a regular contributor of articles to "Woman's Home Companion" and other magazines.
She died of heart disease in Charleston, SC, in 1932.
She died of heart disease in Charleston, SC, in 1932.