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Jay Gelzer (January 22, 1889 – June 15, 1964) was an American writer. She wrote novels and short stories, including several that were adapted into films.[1][2]
Gelzer was born in England,[3] brought to the United States as a child, and was adopted after her mother's death.[2][4] She lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where she graduated from Central High School[3] and was a member of the St. Louis Writers' Guild.[5] She later lived in Santa Monica[2] and Detroit.[6]
Gelzer's writing was published in Good Housekeeping,[7] Cosmopolitan,[8] and the New York Daily News.[9]
Her book The Street of a Thousand Delights contained eight stories about a "half-breed" in Melbourne's Chinese quarter.[10] She helped adapt her first novel Compromise, set in St Louis, into a film version for Warner Brothers (Compromise).[11]
She married Jennings Axon Glazer[12] and had two sons.
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