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Show New Feature Addeds Added Addcd : : h hK hHill K s , Hill HillKITHLEEN K KITHLCEN \THL1EN THL1EN KTHL1EN KITHLEEN \ : NORPISKathleen ' NORPIS 10RI'IS 10RIIS ' ! Kathleen Norns Norris nocontnbut now no\\ no \ contnbut contribut contnbutmg contributmg contnbuting mg a . w \ weekly eekly art cle to ' The 'TI1e TI1e TimesI TimesIIndependent Times ! IIndependent I | Independent has written more moreU morethan morettan than U an sixty novels nOHls and hundieds hundleds hundreds of ofI ofmagazine ofmagazine ofmagazine magazine stones stories Even the scrC'ton scrCton screon scrC'tonhas screonhas sereinhas ' I has adapted some of her fiction to toIts toits toits Its uses although she herself has hasI hasdone hasdone hasdone done no011 no \ ' woik \\011 011 'soiL soiL \ . for fer the moviesI moviesFamous moviesFamous movies moviesFamous I ( Famous for her fiction Katt Kathleen KathleenNorris KatMeenhorns Ie en en1orns I 1\orns 1 orns Norris \ no nov v turns tums to a \ weekly \ eekly col column column column umn th t is non fiction but WhICh WhIChliS whichis whichI liS I is dear to ro her heart For it deals dealswJth dealswith deals'with dealswith ' wJth with those problemshlch problems \ which \\hlch hlch \ affect affectthe affectthe affectthe the ha happiness pmess oforren of wonren \\orren orren women \ young oung and and101d andold andold old And for all that she is a great greatnoel1st greatnovelist greatnovelist 101d no\el1st no el1st novelist \ and a busy one Kathleen KathleenNorris KathleenNorris KathleenNorris Norris is essentially a home makerIn makerIn maker In 1900 both her parents died diedsudden diedsudden diedsudden sudden 3 Wit her brother Joseph Josephaged Josephaged Josephaged aged 20 Kathleen only 19 took JosephI on onI onthe onthe onthe I I the duty of raising ralsmg four younger youngerbrother youngerbrother youngerbrother brother and sisters slSter1 ! There was no nomoney nomoney noI noImoney Imoney I money Thel Theie There e \ were \ ere no gro grovn grovnupwho vn up upI upho upwho I \\ho ho who \ could help Kathleen took a aI aJob ajob ajob Job in a hard\\ hard hardware hardare \ are store at thirty thirtydollars thirtydollars thirtydollars I dollars a month and somehow the thefamily thefancily thefamily family fancily managed There were many manym"ikeshift manymakeshift manymakeshift m"ikeshift mikeshift makeshift " jobs after that but there thereI therewere therewere therewere were bright bnght days day " . with the dark darkKathleen darkKathleen darkKathleen Kathleen Kathleenon \ won \\on on \ a job on the San SanFrancIsco SanFrancisco SanFrancisco I FrancIsco Call finally as the result resultlof resultHof resultof lof Hof her earthquake sketches and her herI herW herw herw W itmg 1tmg rtmg career gre'v grev grew ' ' from then on onIn onIn onIn I In 1909 while on the Chronicle she sheI shewas shewas shewas was married marned to Charles G NorrIs NorrIswho Norriswho Nornswho I who is himself an author of re renown reflown renown nown flown They live hve m in Cahforilla California CahforillaI Cahforillawhere Californiawhere Californiawhere where Kathleen had been bom born A Awlf Awif Awit- Awit Awitand I wlf wif " ' - * and a mother for 30 years yearsh.athleen yearsKathleen yearsKathleen h.athleen hathleen Kathleen . Norns Norris brings bnngs to hernt her writrugs \\nt nt writ \ writings ntmgs mgs rugs the fundamentals of life She SheI Shebelieves Shebelieves Shebelieves believes in 111 simplicity slmphclty in kmdness kindness kindnessin kmdnessin I in cnairty cilalrty in the soundness of the thehome thehome thehome home in love in fio\\ fio flowers fioers \ ers in m birds birdsand birdsand birdsand and andsbove . above .bove bove sbove all in m children There Thereflows Thereflows Thereflows flows from her the quality of good goodIness goodness goodness ness ofhlch of \ which \\hlch hlch Lincoln Lmcoln Lmcoln1"ote \ wrote \\1"ote 1"ote 1ote \ " With Withcharity Withcharity Withcharity Iness charity for all and malice twardnon towardnon toward tward { ) | non- non " ' - ' Among Mrs Norris successful successfulbooks successfulbooks successfulbooks books many of which have been beentlanslated beentranslated beentianslated tlanslated translated in foreign languages are areMother areMother areMother Mother 1911 The Rich Mrs MrsBUlgo MrsBurgo3ne MrsBuigoyne BUlgo Burgo3ne ne 1912 Beauty and the theBeast theBeast I ( theI Beast 1927 The Lucky Law LawIrences Lawlrences Lawrences Irences lrences 1930 Second Hand WIfe Wife1932 1932 Wife For Sale 1933 Beau BeauI Beauty Beauty Beautys , ty s Daughter 1936 I |