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'''Born: '''December 1, 1892

'''Died:''' September 16, 1941

'''Married: '''George Mark, John Ransome Bransby

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'''Emma-Lindsay Squier''' was a writer and actress who came to Saranac Lake as a [[TB patient|TB patient]].  She died of tuberculosis at of forty-eight.

She was born in Marion, Indiana where she started a weekly newsletter during her preteen years. She later moved with her family childhood to Salem, Oregon, and then to Glendale, California.

As a young adult, she was a reporter for the ''Los Angeles Times'' and eventually wrote a society column under her own byline. She became assistant editor of a monthly periodical published in Pasadena called ''California Life''. She then moved on to become a successful author, writing adventure and animal books for young adults. She published a collection of short stories, ''The Wild Heart'', that brought her national recognition.  Later books included ''On Autumn Trails'' (1922), ''Children of the Twilight'' (1926), ''The Bride of the Sacred Well'' (1928), and ''Gringo'' (1934).  She also wrote dozens of short stories for such magazines as ''Collier's'', ''Ladies' Home Journal'', ''McCall's'', and ''The American Girl''.  Her short story, "Glorious Buccaneer," was produced as a Hollywood film retitled [[Wikipedia:Dancing_Pirate|The Dancing Pirate]] (1936). Other short stories include "The Wild Heart" and "The Soul of Caliban," a short story that first appeared in the December 1924 issue of ''Everybody's Magazine''.

'''External link:'''
* Lake Chapala Artists: [http://lakechapalaartists.com/?p=3239 Emma-Lindsay Squier (1892-1941) and a Lake Chapala folk tale]<br> 
* Lake Chapala Artists: [http://lakechapalaartists.com/?p=3256 Emma-Lindsay Squier describes Chapala and Jocotepec in 1926]<br> 

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