Miss Lulu Bett | Author Biography

Zona Gale was born August 26, 1874, in Portage, Wisconsin, a small-town setting to which she frequently returns in her novels and plays. As a teenager, Gale wrote poetry, short stories, and a play, and during her years at the University of Wisconsin, she wrote her first unpublished novel. Upon graduating with a degree in literature in 1895, she worked as a reporter for several years. She continued her studies during this period, earning her master’s degree in literature from the University of Wisconsin in 1899.

In 1901 she moved to New York where she obtained a position as a...

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