{{Short description|American writer (1855–1927)}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata |fetchwikidata=ALL |dateformat=mdy }}
'''Edith Katharine Sessions Tupper''' (September 29, 1855 – August 3, 1927) was an American journalist, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Edith Katharine Sessions was born on September 29, 1855 in Panama, New York. She was the daughter of US Representative Walter L. Sessions. She married Horace E. Tupper, a railroad agent.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1927 |title=Short Story Writer Dies at Fredonia |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-short-story-writer-dies/186591741/ |work=The Buffalo News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Mrs. Edith Sessions Tupper. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/08/04/98416543.html |access-date=2024-06-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Her novels include the mysteries ''By a Hair's Breadth'' (1889) and ''By Whose Hand?'' (1889) and the historical novel ''Hearts Triumphant'' (1906), set in early 19th century Manhattan and featuring Aaron Burr.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jonathan Nield |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.90830 |title=A Guide To The Best Historeiacl Novesl And Tales |date=1911}}</ref>
Her play ''The Road to Arcady,'' a four act comedy, premiered at the Berkeley Theatre on November 25, 1912.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mantle |first=Burns |url=http://archive.org/details/bestplaysof190910000mant |title=The Best Plays of 1909-1919 |date=1943-01-01 |publisher=Dodd, Mead |others=Internet Archive}}</ref> It was adapted into film as the movie ''For Love of Money'' (1920)<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/americanfilminst0000unse_y7i9 |title=The American Film Institute film catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States : feature films, 1911-1920 |date=1988 |publisher=Berkeley : University of California Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-520-06301-3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Quigley Publishing Co. |url=http://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew222unse |title=Motion Picture News (Aug-Oct 1920) |date=1920 |publisher=New York : Motion Picture News |others=MBRS Library of Congress}}</ref> Two of her other works were adapted also for film: the haunted house movie ''The House of the Tolling Bell'' (1920) was based on her novel, possibly unpublished, by the same name, and ''Wilful Youth'' (1927) was based on her story "Whispering Pines".<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/womenwritersfrom0000unse |title=Women writers, from page to screen |date=1990 |publisher=New York : Garland Pub. |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-8240-8529-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/completeindextol0000unse |title=The complete index to literary sources in film |date=1999 |publisher=London : Bowker-Saur |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-3-11-095194-3}}</ref> She was the screenwriter for a fifteen part serial, ''The Perils of Our Girl Reporters'' (1916).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Braff |first=Richard E. |url=http://archive.org/details/braffsilentshort0000braf |title=The Braff silent short film working papers : over 25,000 films, 1903-1929, alphabetized and indexed |date=2002 |publisher=Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co. |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7864-1031-6}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office |url=http://archive.org/details/motionpict19121939librrich |title=Motion pictures, 1912-1939 |date=1951 |publisher=[Washington] |others=Prelinger Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Buck Rainey |url=http://archive.org/details/serialsserieswor0000buck |title=Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956 |date=2010-03-17 |publisher=McFarland & Company |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7864-4702-2}}</ref>
Edith Sessions Tupper died on 3 August 1927 in Fredonia, New York.<ref name=":2" />
== Filmography == thumb|''Perils of our Girl Reporters'' (1916)
=== Screenwriter ===
* ''The Perils of Our Girl Reporters'' (serial), Mutual Film, 1916<ref name=":0" /> *# ''The Jade Necklace<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''The Black Door<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''Ace High<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''The White Trail<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''Many a Slip<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''The Long Lane<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''The Smite of Conscience<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''Birds of Prey<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''Misjudged<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''Taking Chances<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''The Counterfeiters<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''The Meeting<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''Outwitted<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''The Schemers<ref name=":0" />'' *# ''Kidnapped<ref name=":0" />'' *
== Bibliography ==
* ''By a Hair's Breadth'' (1889)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=W.J. and Will D. Howe Burke |url=http://archive.org/details/americanauthorsb0000wjwi |title=AMERICAN AUTHORS AND BOOKS. 1640-PRESENT. |date=1963-01-01 |publisher=Vane |others=Internet Archive}}</ref> * ''By Whose Hand?'' (1889)<ref name=":1" /> * ''Hearts Triumphant'' (1906)<ref name=":1" /> * ''The Stuff of Dreams'' (1908)<ref name=":1" />
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