Authors and Illustrators Database

Belle Kanaris Maniates

Born: 1871  Marshall, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 1931
Parents: Nicholas K. and Martha Maniates (Her father was a Greek Admiral)
Spouse: Ford North ? Possible marriage in 1906
Address(es):
Interred:
Oakridge Cemetery
Marshall, MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Sand Holler Fiction Adult Chicago : The Reilly & Lee Co. 1920
Penny of Top Hill Trail Fiction Adult Chicago : The Reilly & Lee Co. 1919
Amarilly in Love Fiction, Romance Adult Boston, Little, Brown 1917
Our Next Door Neighbors Fiction Adult Boston, Little Brown, and company 1917
Little Boy Bear
- She said it was her favorite story
Fiction Adult Boston: Pilgrim Press 1917
Mildew Manse Fiction Adult Boston, Little, Brown, and Company 1916
Amarilly of Clothesline Alley
- Made into movie with Mary Pickford
Fiction, Romance Adult Boston, Little, Brown, and Company 1915
David Dunne ; Romance of the Middle West
- This novel was the result of observations of political life in Lansing
Fiction, Michigan, Romance Adult Chicago : Rand McNally 1912
Souvenir of the Thirty-Fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry
- Spanish-American War
Michigan History Adult Lansing : R. Smith Print. Co. 1898
- Many of her writings were published in well-known magazines Fiction Adult Other writings:
What is the aim or goal of your writing: In 1920, illness forced her to quit writing.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Graduated from High School 1913

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Secretary to Colonel Cox, head of the Department Michigan Military Department Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1901
Federal Government Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Resigned in 1923 Office of the Auditor General Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent

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Greek-American novelist Belle K. Maniates wrote romantic novels that explored the clashes between the social classes in the early 1900s. Heroines like Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley (1915) and Penny of Top Hill Trail (1919) harbor secrets and ambitions that are played out in passionate romances with mysterious, wealthy suitors.

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