Grace Zaring Stone

Birth : 1891-01-09, New York City, New York, USA

Death : 1991-09-29

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Grace Zaring Stone (January 9, 1891 – September 29, 1991) was an American novelist and short-story writer. She is perhaps best known for having three of her novels made into films: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Winter Meeting, and Escape. She also used the pseudonym Ethel Vance.

Movies

The Secret Thread
The Secret Thread
Novel
A writer, Arnold Reed, goes back to his former boyhood home in the East End, and there, finding it about to be torn down, he revisits his attic room, and stumbles on evidence of the operations of dealers in illegal traffic. He breaks his ankle and has to hide from the criminals, one of whom is a murderer.
Winter Meeting
Winter Meeting
Novel
A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.
Escape
Escape
Novel
An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Story
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.