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Laura Spencer Portor Pope

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Laura Portor


Laura Spencer Portor Pope (4 February 1872 – 1957) was an American journalist and author of short stories and several books. She is known as the co-author with Dorothy Giles of two science fiction novels, The valley of creeping men (1930) and Chattering gods (1931), both of which appeared under the pseudonym "Rayburn Crawley."

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Biographical facts

Laura Spencer Portor married Francis Pope, but she continued to use the name "Laura Spencer Portor" for all her professional publications except the two science novels which she co-authored. She published articles and short stories in Woman's Home Companion, Harper's Magazine, The Outlook, The Dial and several other magazines.

Selected publications

  • Shakespeare pamphlets. 1900. ; lettering and decorations by Joan D. Manning
  • with Katharine Pyle: Theodora. 1907. ; illustrated from drawings by William A. McCullough
  • Greatest books in the world; interpretive studies. With lists of collateral reading helpful to the study of great literature. 1913. ; 2nd edition. 1917. 
  • Genevieve; a story of French school days. 1914. 
  • Story of little angels. 1917. 
  • Adventures in indigence. 1918. 
  • "On Living Next to James Huneker". Scribner's Magazine. Vol. 71. 1922. pp. 303–308. 
  • Little long-ago. 1927. 
  • with Alida Conover as illustrator: New York, the giant city; an introduction to New York. 1939. ; 2nd edition. 1953. 

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    Laura Spencer Portor Pope Wikipedia
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