Victoria Lincoln Explained

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Victoria Endicott Lincoln Lowe, who wrote under the name Victoria Lincoln, (–) was an American novelist, biographer, and true crime writer. Her best known novel, February Hill (1934), was adapted for stage and screen. She won the Edgar Award for best fact crime book for her A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight.

Early life and education

Victoria Lincoln was born on in Fall River.^[1] Her parents were Johnathan Trayer Lincoln and Louisa Sears (Cobb) Lincoln.^[2] Lincoln attended Radcliffe College, and then lived in different locations including St. Louis and Europe.

Career and life

Lincoln married her first husband Isaac Watkins in 1927. They were divorced in 1933, after which she married the philosopher Victor Lowe.

Lincoln is known for her writing which included books, biographies, and short stories. In a 1951 interview with the New York Times Lincoln described finishing her first book at age four.^[3] At age 14 she wrote a novel that would get published in a shorter form in Harper's Magazine in 1950. In addition to publishing books, Lincoln also wrote in notebooks that she stored away in an alligator-skinned trunk.^[4]

In 1934 Lincoln published February Hill,^[5] a book that was first adapted for the stage and then made into the movie Primrose Path.

Lincoln grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts and in 1967 she wrote A Private Disgrace,^[6] a book about Lizzie Borden, who also grew up in Fall River. In the book Lincoln's position was that Borden was guilty of murdering her parents during an epileptic seizure.^[7] In 1968 Lincoln received an Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime from the Mystery Writers of America for her book A Private Disgrace.^[8]

Lincoln's final book was a biography of the Roman Catholic saint Teresa of Avila which took her twelve years to complete.^[9]

Later life, death and legacy

Victoria Lincoln died on 13 June 1981 in Baltimore.^[10]

Selected publications

• Book: Lincoln, Victoria . February Hill . 1947 . Bantam Books . New York . English . 912175757.
• Book: Lincoln, Victoria . Grandmother and the comet, an insubstantial pageant . 1944 . Farrar & Rinehart . New York; Toronto . English . 4010561. ^[11]
• Book: Lincoln, Victoria . The Wind at My Back: Three Short Novels . 1947-01-01 . Faber & Faber . First. ^[12]
• Book: Lincoln, Victoria . Out from Eden . 1951-01-01 . Rinehart & Company, Inc. . English. ^[13]
• Book: Lincoln, Victoria . The Wild Honey: Stories . 1954-01-01 . Faber. ^[14]
• Book: Lincoln, Victoria . A private disgrace : Lizzie Borden by daylight . 1986 . New York City : International Polygonics . Internet Archive . 978-0-930330-35-4.
• Book: Lincoln, Victoria . Teresa, a woman: a biography of Teresa of Avila . 1984 . State University of New York Press . Albany, N.Y. . English . 1036957054.

External links

• Victoria Lincoln papers at Johns Hopkins University

Notes and References

1. Book: Heumann, Michael . American National Biography . February 2000 . Oxford University Press . en . Lincoln, Victoria Endicott (1904-1981), author . 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1602119. 978-0-19-860669-7 .
2. News: Gale . Pat . 1934-12-02 . Book flashes . 22 . The Lexington Herald . 2022-06-26.
3. News: Breit . Harvey . 1951-12-02 . Talk With Victoria Lincoln . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-25 . 0362-4331.
4. News: Nichols . Lewis . 1953-05-10 . Talk With Victoria Lincoln . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-25 . 0362-4331.
5. Review for February Hill
   • News: Buell . Ellen Lew . 1934-10-28 . A Fantastic Family; FEBRUARY HILL. By Victoria Lincoln. 337 pp. New York. Farrar & Rinehart. $2.50. . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-25 . 0362-4331.
6. Reviews for A Private Disgrace
   • Web site: Adams . Phoebe Lou . 1967-11-01 . Potpourri . 2022-06-26 . The Atlantic . en.
   • News: King . Florence . August 17, 1992 . A WASP looks at Lizzie Borden . 44 . National Review . 16 . Gale.
7. News: Bailey . Marilyn . 1967-11-12 . Author takes a whack at Lizzie Borden tale . 102 . Star Tribune . 2022-06-26.
8. Web site: Search the Edgars Database! Edgar® Awards Info & Database . 2022-06-26 . edgarawards.com.
9. Review for Teresa: A Woman
   • Bilinkoff . Jodi . 1987 . Review of Teresa: A Woman. A Biography of Teresa of Avila . The Catholic Historical Review . 73 . 4 . 613–615 . 25022661 . 0008-8080.
10. News: 1981-06-22 . Victoria Lincoln, Wrote Novels and Biographies (Published 1981) . en . The New York Times . 2022-06-02.
11. Reviews of Grandmother and the comet
    • News: Lloyd . Joanne Taylor . 1944-07-16 . Stories of Youth and Age; GRANDMOTHER AND THE COMET. By Victoria Lincoln. 246 pp. New York: Farrar & Rinehart. $2.50. . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-25 . 0362-4331.
    • News: Selby . John . 1944-07-20 . News from the book world . 4 . News-Pilot (San Pedro, California) . 2022-06-26.
12. Review of Wind at my back
    • News: Crowther . Florence . 1946-11-24 . Victoria Lincoln's Short Novels . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-25 . 0362-4331.
13. Review of Out From Eden
    • Smith . Harrison . Saturday Review 1951-12-01: Vol 34 Iss 48 . 1951-12-01 . Omni Publications International . Internet Archive . 36 . English.
14. Review of Wild Honey Stories
    • News: Matthews . Nancie . 1953-05-03 . Longing And Regret; THE WILD HONEY. By Victoria Lincoln. 238 pp. New York: Rinehart & Co. $2.75. . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-25 . 0362-4331.