Biography temple bailey

American writer

Temple Bailey
Born	Irene Temple Bailey (1869-02-24)February 24, 1869 Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
Died	July 6, 1953(1953-07-06) (aged 84) Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Occupation	Writer (novelist)
Nationality	American
Period	20th century
Genre	Romance, fiction

Irene Temple Bailey (February 24, 1869 – July 6, 1953) was a popular American novelist and short story writer.^[1][2]

Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.^{[citation needed]}

In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her novels were filmed.

She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels i