Winter, Mrs Elizabeth C
Entry updated 12 August 2018. Tagged: Author.
(1841-1922) Scottish-born poet and author, in USA most of her life, who also wrote as by Isabella Castelar; of some sf interest is The Spanish Treasure (24 September 1892-?? The New York Ledger as by Isabella Castelar; 1893) [see Checklist for further details], a Lost Race tale et in South America, with abductions and romance in the foreground. Winter is credited with the first use in this novel of the phrase "to turn the air blue". [JC]
Elizabeth Campbell Winter
born Scotland: 19 December 1841
died probably New York: 7 April 1922
works
- The Spanish Treasure (New York: R Bonner's Sons, 1893) [first appeared from 24 September 1892 The New York Ledger as by Isabella Castelar: in the publisher's Ledger Library series: illus/hb/Warren B Davis]
- The Spanish Treasure: A Story of Love and the Love of Gold (London: James Henderson, 1893) as by Isabella Castelar [vt of the above: hb/]
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