Virna Woods Explained

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Virna Woods (–) was an American author, poet, and playwright.

Virna Woods was born on in Wilmington, Ohio, the daughter of John Brookins Woods and Virginia Alice Pidgeon. She was raised in Zanesville, Ohio. She relocated to California in 1883 and worked as a schoolteacher in Sacramento, California.^{[1] [2]}

Most of her work is set in California. Her novels include Jason Hildreth's Identity, which appeared in Lippincott's Monthly in 1897.^[3]

She created a stage adaptation of Strathmore by Ouida, produced in San Francisco in 1903 starring Virginia Drew Trescott.^[4]

Virna Woods died of pneumonia on March 6, 1903, in Sacramento.

Bibliography

• The Amazons: A Lyrical Drama (1891) ^[5]
• A Modern Magdalen (1894)^{[6] [7] [8]}
• An Elusive Lover (1898)

Notes and References

1. Book: Coyle, William . Ohio authors and their books: biographical data and selective bibliographies for Ohio authors, native and resident, 1796–1950 . 1962 . Cleveland, New York, The World Pub. Co . University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
2. Book: Hinkel, Edgar Joseph . Biographies of California authors and indexes of California literature . McCann . William E. . Alameda County Free Library . United States. Work Projects Administration . 1942 . Oakland, Calif. . San Francisco Public Library.
3. News: June 6, 1897 . Virna Woods . 23 . San Francisco call .
4. News: 1903-03-07 . MISS VIRNA WOODS DEAD. . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-15 . 0362-4331.
5. Book: Davis, Gwenn . Drama by women to 1900 : a bibliography of American and British writers . 1992 . Toronto : University of Toronto Press . Internet Archive . 978-0-8020-2797-9.
6. Book: Research Publications, inc . American fiction, 1774-1900 : cumulative author index of the microfilm collection . 1974 . New Haven : Research Publications . Internet Archive . 978-0-8357-0065-8.
7. Book: Wright, Lyle Henry . American fiction, 1876-1900; a contribution toward a bibliography . 1966 . San Marino, Calif., Huntington Library . Internet Archive.
8. Book: Grimes, Janet . Novels in English by women, 1891–1920 : a preliminary checklist . 1981 . New York : Garland Pub. . Internet Archive . 978-0-8240-9522-2.