several famous authors including thomas godfry, the first playwright in america, and a lady named bing fletcher. in the '40s, '50s, and '60s she was hot stuff on "the new york times" best seller list. she was born after the civil war in the midwest and had the life of an aristrocrats daughter. she was moved to california in a place that was a two-day ride from others. she persevered and wrote short stories to entertain themselves. she became one of the early screenwriters for the silent era. as they moved around with her husband's job, she continued doing writing and did a couple big game hunting books in africa and came to north carolina to connect with her ancestors and fell in love. that is when she started writing the books that made her came, the carolina chronicle stori. you might remember mitchner who wrote big, epic films about hawaii, and alaska. english did the most beautifully well researched history of north carolina. but because she was a woman, even though writing at the same time, they marketed her books as romances instead of serious fiction. but there is just as much valid, his