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Lida Larrimore
Lida Larrimore (1896-1960) was an American author active during the early and middle years of the twentieth century.
She was born Lida Larrimore Turner on June 27...view moreLida Larrimore (1896-1960) was an American author active during the early and middle years of the twentieth century.
She was born Lida Larrimore Turner on June 27, 1896 in Girdletree, on the eastern shore of Maryland, to Henry Clay Turner, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife Lida. The family moved to Waterville, Maine in 1912, where Larrimore attended Coburn Classical Institute. She then studied at Colby College in Maine for two years, and after another family transfer, completed her undergraduate work at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Larrimore’s writing career began whilst teaching English at Chester High School in the early 1920s, when she wrote “Cousin Julia’s Jade Earring,” a one-act comedy, that was subsequently published.
She then published a juvenile novel, The Blossoming of Patricia-the-Less, in 1924. She won two competitions for best play submitted in 1927 and 1928 with a three-act comedy, “Yesterday’s Roses” and “The Third Floor Front,” respectively. Her first novel, Tarpaper Palace, appeared in 1928, and this would be followed by some further fifteen more novels over the next twenty years.
Larrimore married Charles Thomas in 1931, and the couple had two daughters, Lida Larrimore, born 1932, whom they called Larry; and Nancy Lee, born 1938, called Lee.
Lida Larrimore Turner Thomas passed away on July 2, 1960, aged 64. She was buried in the cemetery at Valley Friends Meeting in Wayne, Pennsylvania.view less