Career
Her early life was passed in close touch with the Turkish people, but many of their customs revolted her, especially the prearranged marriages. She ran away from home to escape such a marriage, and came to the United States with the family of a relative. In 1904 she was married to Kenneth Brown, novelist, and soon began to write.
Her second book, Haremlik, published in 1909, commanded wide attention.
lieutenant consisted of 10 studies of Turkish women. A Child of the Orient (1914) relates the story of the author"s own childhood.
Other books of hers include:
Finella in Fairyland (1910)
The Grasp of the Sultan (1916)
The Heart of the Balkans (1917)
In the Heart of German Intrigue (1918), which grew out of interviews with King Constantine
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