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Person
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Brooks, Mary Wallace, 1880-1949
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Description area
Dates of existence
1880-1949
History
Mary Wallace Brooks was born in May 1880 in Constantinople, Turkey.
She was a Canadian author who graduated from Wellesley College in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. She wrote the novels "A Prodigal" (1907) and "A Christmas Robin" (1911). Additionally, Brooks contributed to "The Passing Show," an annual musical revue produced by the Shubert organization in Montreal. In June 1932, she published the play "Whirr of Wings" in the magazine "Echoes."
She died on August 16, 1949, in Montreal, Quebec.