Christine Whiting Parmenter (December 21, 1877 – March 1953) was an American author.

Biography

Christine Whiting was born in

Plainfield, New Jersey Plainfield is a City (New Jersey), city in Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, known by its nickname as "The Queen City." She was a former resident of

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, and moved to Colorado in 1917. She married Dr. Kenneth R. Parmenter, M.D. (d. 1939), and they had one daughter, Catherine, who married Henry C. Newell. They lived at 1208 Cheyenne Blvd., Colorado Springs, Colorado. She returned to New England in 1938. She was an author, a writer of fiction for most of the leading magazines. She was a member of the

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. She died in March 1953 and is buried at

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, Cambridge. Her papers are preserved at the

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Works

* 1924 ''Jean's Winter With the Warners'' illustrated by Charles A. Federer * 1925 ''The Treasure at Shady Vale'' * 1927 ''The Unknown Port'' * 1927 ''The Real Reward'' illustrated by

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* 1928 ''One Wide River to Cross'' * 1929 ''Silver Ribbons'' * 1929 ''The Dusty Highway'' * 1930 ''David's Star of Bethlehem'' * 1930 ''So Wise We Grow'' * 1932 ''Miss Aladdin'' * 1933 ''The Long Quest'' * 1933 ''Shining Palace'' * 1934 ''The Wind Blows West'' * 1935 ''The Kings of Beacon Hill'' * 1937 ''Swift Waters'' * 1937 ''The unknown port'' * 1938 ''I was Christabel'' * 1939 ''Stories of Courage and Devotion'' * 1940 ''As The Seed is Sown'' * 1941 ''Lights-and a star!'' * 1942 ''A golden age'' * 1947 ''Fair were the days'' * 1948 ''Stronger Than Law''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parmenter, Christine Whiting 1877 births 1953 deaths American women writers