PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family: Born April 21, 1909, in Darlington, SC; died September 1, 1993, in Hartsville, SC; daughter of Purvis Jenkins (a planter) and Bessie (Heard) Boatwright; married James Lide Coker, September 27, 1930 (died, 1961); children: Penelope, James Lide. Education: Converse College, B.A., 1929; graduate study, Middlebury College, 1938. Politics: Republican. Religion: Episcopalian. Memberships: Authors Guild, P.E.N., American Association of University Women, Garden Club of America, National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, Poetry Society of South Carolina, Poetry Society of Georgia, Caroliniana Society, Camden Hunt Club, Palmetto Garden Club, Blowing Rock Country Club.
CAREER
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, visiting associate professor of English; novelist and poet. Member of national board, Woman's Medical College; member of national advisory councils, International Social Services, and World Adoption International Fund; director, United Cerebral Palsy of South Carolina. Member, Hartsville School Board, 1939-49; director and secretary, Blowing Rock Horse Show Association, 1942-49.
WORKS
BY THE AUTHOR:
Novels; all published by Dutton:
- Daughter of Strangers, 1950.
- The Day of the Peacock, 1952.
- India Allan, 1953.
- The Big Drum, 1957.
- La Belle, 1959.
- Lady Rich, 1963.
- The Bees: A Story of a Family, 1968.
- Blood Red Roses: A Romantic Novel of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, During the War Between the States, 1977.
- The Grasshopper King: A Story of Two Confederate Exiles in Mexico During the Reign of Maximilian and Carlota, 1981.
Contributor of poetry, essays, and short stories to various magazines.
SIDELIGHTS
OBITUARY SOURCES
BOOKS
- Who's Who of American Women, 17th edition, Marquis, 1991.
PERIODICALS
- Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1993, p. A30.*