Her Life in Ink: Elizabeth Jordan, Journalist, Editor, and Mystery Author

Unravel the intriguing life of a woman who edited the literary greats of her day and forged a path to the golden age of mystery writing.

Elizabeth Garver Jordan was renowned not only for her own writing but also for her influence in journalism and literature. Her love of intrigue started when she was five and made a secret pact with the family cook, who taught her to read. In her first career as a journalist, Jordan climbed the ranks from columnist to an editor of Pulitzer’s prestigious New ...