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Elsie Lee (née Williams, January 24, 1912 – February 8, 1987) was an American author of over 35 fiction and non-fiction books. ==Life== Elsie Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York to Helen (Bogert) and Samuel Byron Williams, Jr.〔''Contemporary Authors'', Frances Carol Locher, Ed., Gale Research Company, Detroit, MI, Vol. 85-88, 1980, p.p. 339-340〕 Samuel was a telephone engineer born in Ohio, who worked for Western Electric in New York City.〔Ancestry.com U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2005〕 Helen was a housewife.〔New York State Archives, Albany, NY, State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Census Place: Election District 14, Assembly District 10, Brooklyn, Kings, 15.〕 When Elsie was 13 years old a brother, David G. Williams, was born.〔1930 Census Brooklyn, Kings County, NY; Roll: 1513; Page: 23B; Enumberation District: 92; Image: 706.0; FHL microfilm: 2341248〕 Elsie began cooking at age 8, attended Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA from 1928-1932, and attended the Pratt Institute〔''Elsie Lee's Book of Simple Gourmet Cookery,'' by Elsie Lee, Arbor House, NY, 1971, pp. 7-8〕 from 1932-33.〔''Contemporary Authors,'' Frances Carol Locher, Ed., Gale Research Company, Detroit, MI, Vol. 85-88, 1980, pp. 339-340〕 Elsie married Morton Lee on December 27, 1941. She was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), the Authors Guild of Authors League of America, and Mensa. Her interests included cats, cooking, music, bridge, two-pack solitaire games, word games, and jigsaw puzzles.〔''Ibid.''〕 Elsie worked as a librarian for Price, Waterhouse & Company 1937-1942; as an office manager for Reeves Laboratories 1942-1945; a librarian for the Gulf Oil Company 1947-1951; an executive secretary for Andrews, Clark & Buckley 1951-53 (all in New York City); and as a writer from 1945 until her death.〔''Ibid.''〕 She mentions in ''Elsie Lee's Book of Simple Gourmet Cookery'' that she lived in Washington for six years, and Hollywood for three.〔''Elsie Lee's Book of Simple Gourmet Cookery,'' by Elsie Lee, Arbor House, NY, 1971, p. 291〕 Elsie began writing in the 1940s, selling her first stories to the ''Ladies Home Journal''.〔''Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers,'' James Vinson, Ed., Gale Research Company, Detroit, MI, 1982, pp. 426-428〕 She described her writing this way: "I write fairy tales for grownups, principally women... I am better at characterizations than plots, and best with cats who are unanimously adored by my readers... I will not compromise on the quality of vocabulary and grammar in my books... it is a writer's responsibility to TEACH subtly through entertainment..."〔''Ibid.''〕 Elsie Williams Lee died February 8, 1987 at the age of 75 while living in New York City.〔Social Security Death Index on Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2011〕 She was survived by her brother, David Williams, of Chevy Chase, MD. Her cremains were privately interred.〔Obituary, ''New York Times,'' New York, NY, February 12, 1987, on Ancestry.com ''Historical Newspapers, Births, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003'' (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elsie Lee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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