Katharine Metcalf Roof

Katherine Metcalf Roof was born in Clifton Springs, New York. She began writing for magazines as early as 1902, publishing stories in Ainslee's, The Century, The Craftsman, Harper's, Metropolitan, The Smart Set, Woman's Home Companion, and Women's Stories. These included a ghost story, "The Edge of a Dream," which appeared in The Smart Set in December 1907. Her works included novels such as The Stranger at the Hearth (1916) and Murder on the Salem Road (1931) and nonfiction, including biographies such as The Life and Art of William Merritt Chase (1917) and Colonel William Smith and Lady (1929). She also wrote plays. Her short stories appeared in many pulp magazines including Ghost Stories, Romance, Snappy Stories, Street and Smith's Detective Story Magazine, and Weird Tales.