Nalbro Isadorah Bartley (November 10, 1888 – September 7, 1952), was an American short story writer, newspaper columnist and lecturer. Her serialized stories began appearing in popular magazines of the day while she was still in her early twenties.

Background Bartley was born in Buffalo, New York in 1888. Her father was William Bartley who worked as an entertainer and her mother was Zayda Erndt. She had an older sibling. She was married three times. She had a son John with her first husband, Charles Leornard Shaw. The marriage ended in divorce. Bartley lived in Utica, NY with her son where she was an active Zonta Club member. In 1925 she married Horace Lerch, sports editor of Buffalo Express, and moved to Niagara Falls, NY. W. Horace Lerch died June 6, 1931. Her third husband, Martin Lee Clark stayed with her until her death in 1952.

Nalbro Bartley began working as a governess at 16. From 1907-09 she was a reporter for Buffalo Morning Express. In 1909 she went to New York City as a free lance writer. In 1917 she wrote for the Saturday Evening Post in Buffalo. Bartley was one of six local Buffalo women listed in the September 1, 1930 edition of Who's Who in America.

Works

Paradise Auction, 1917 The Bargain True, 1918 The Vanity Pool, 1918 A Woman's Woman, 1919 The Bramble Bush, 1919 The Gorgeous Girl, 1920 † The Gray Angels, 1920 † Miss Antique, 1920 Fair to Middling, 1921 Head Over Heels, 1922 Up and Coming, 1923 Judd & Judd, 1924 Bread and Jam, 1925 Her Mother's Daughter, 1926 †† The Dear Little Thing, 1926 Morning Thunder, 1927 The Mediocrat, 1928 The Godfather, 1929 The Fox Woman, 1929 The Immediate Family, 1930 The Premeditated Virgin, 1931 The Devil's Lottery, 1931 The Amateur Wife, 1932 Pease Porridge Hot, 1934 Breathless, 1934

† Available at Project Gutenberg †† Available at Faded Page

Sources: WorldCat, Open Library, IMDb.

Screen adaptations Some of her novels and stories were adapted to the movie screen. Up to seven of these were released between 1918 and 1932 including Head Over Heels and The Amateur Wife.

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