Show Canadian Writer Wins Prize in Novel Contest NEW YORK YORK Royalties Royalties on her previous novels may be large But they will vill not prevent Miss l Mazo being excited by bj de la Roche from the award made to her het recently of i IA for her 34 most recent novel 4 i was Jalna a chosen se which by i f the I Atlantic Monthly 1 j o. o as the most Inter inter- R i I esting novel writ- writ M last year Nearly 1100 manuscripts i were submitted to j contest judges J Miss S de la Ia laRoche jJ i Ft 1 R Roche is a Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- an I dian living in inI z I Toronto Toronto She is L' L the author of ol A three e published q a novels and several sev sev- several several eral eral o 0 one act n e a act c t plays plas Her literary literary liter liter- ary car career er began bean nat 18 she she wrote Tier lid first short sh rt stories for American magazines Miss de la Roche is the first Canadian Canadian Canadian Ca Ca Ca- nadian author since Sir Gilbert Parker Parke Parker Par Par- ke ker to win such laurels In the Unit United ed States for as a prize winner the novel noyel will undoubtedly become a best bestseller seller The prize money is In addition to royalties and her bet moti motion motion mo mo- ti tion n picture rights so that Miss de dela dela dela la Roche who has had a difficult struggle for years to make an adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate living from her writing will at last achieve c comfortable financial financial finan finan- n- n cial lal circumstances |