Isabel Bolton

Isabel Bolton was the pen name of Mary Britton Miller (1883-1975) who wrote several volumes of poetry and collections of verse for children published under her real name. She was in her 60s when she began writing novels under her pseudonym; her first novel, In the Days of Thy Youth, appeared in 1943. In addition to a loose trilogy of novels -- Do I Wake or Sleep, The Christmas Tree, and Many Mansions -- she wrote a memoir, Under Gemini, about the childhood drowning of her twin sister. Bolton...See more

Isabel Bolton was the pen name of Mary Britton Miller (1883-1975) who wrote several volumes of poetry and collections of verse for children published under her real name. She was in her 60s when she began writing novels under her pseudonym; her first novel, In the Days of Thy Youth, appeared in 1943. In addition to a loose trilogy of novels -- Do I Wake or Sleep, The Christmas Tree, and Many Mansions -- she wrote a memoir, Under Gemini, about the childhood drowning of her twin sister. Bolton lived for most of her life in and around New York City. See less