Emilie Loring
Emilie Loring was an influential American romance novelist born around 1864 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of playwright George M. Baker and Emily Frances Baker, and later married lawyer Victor J. Loring, with whom she had two sons. Loring's literary career began with her first novel, *The Trail of Conflict*, published in 1922. Over her lifetime, she authored thirty novels, many of which incorporated inspirational themes with Christian undertones. Her writing mainly flourished before World War II, and she also wrote two novels under the pseudonym Josephine Story, as well as various articles and short stories. Following her death in 1951, her sons discovered several unfinished manuscripts, leading to the posthumous publication of about twenty additional works. In recent years, Loring's novels have been rediscovered by new readers and are recognized by some romance authors as foundational contributions to the romance genre.
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Emilie Loring
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- Born: c.1864
- Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
- Died: March 14, 1951
- Place of death: Wellesley, Massachusetts
Biography
Emilie Loring was a prolific romance novelist of the early twentieth century. The daughter of George M. Baker, a playwright and publisher, and Emily Frances (Boles) Baker, Loring was born about 1864, in Boston, Massachusetts. She married lawyer Victor J. Loring, and the couple had two children, Robert Melville Loring and Selden Melville Loring.
Loring published her first novel, The Trail of Conflict, in 1922. By the time of her death on March 14, 1951, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, she had published thirty novels. After she died, her sons found many unfinished manuscripts that could be fashioned into romance novels. About twenty of these lost books were published. In addition to the fifty books published under her own name, she also published two novels under the pen name Josephine Story: For the Comfort of the Family: A Vacation Experiment (1914), and The Mother in the Home (1917). She also wrote a number of articles and short stories using the Story pseudonym.
Loring wrote most of her books before World War II. The books generally were inspirational romance novels, with Christian overtones. In the twenty-first century, her books were rediscovered by a new reading audience and by some romance writers who viewed her as an influential pioneer in the romance genre.