Frances Newman

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Frances Newman

AKA Frances Percy Newman

Born: 13-Sep-1888
Birthplace: Atlanta, GA
Died: 22-Oct-1928
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Suicide [1]
Remains: Buried, Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Hard-Boiled Virgin

[1] Deliberate overdose of barbiturates.

Father: William T. Newman (judge)
Mother: Fanny Percy Alexander

University: Agnes Scott College
University: BS Library Science, Atlanta Carnegie Library (1912)
University: Sorbonne

Author of books:
The Short Story's Mutations (1924)
The Hard-Boiled Virgin (1926)
Dead Lovers Are Faithful Lovers (1928)
Six Moral Tales from Jules Laforgue (1928)

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