{{short description|American novelist}}
'''Harriet Henry''', formally known as '''Countess Harriet Henry de Steuch''', (1897–1974) was an American novelist.
In the 1930s and 1940s, she wrote sixteen novels and was on the staff of ''Vogue''.<ref name=":0" /> Two of her books were made into films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/66315-Harriet-Henry|title=Harriet Henry|website=American Film Institute|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref>
Harriet Henry was married to Count Nils de Steuch of Sweden.<ref name=":0" />
Henry was from New York and died in Tucson, Arizona, on April 19, 1974, aged 77.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/21/archives/harriet-henry-77-deadwas-author-of-16-novels.html|title=Harriet Henry, 77, Dead; Was Author of 16 Novels|date=April 21, 1974|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
*''Halves'' (1928) *''Jackdaw's Strut'' (1930)<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/6010|title=Bought (1931)|work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|access-date=April 21, 2020|publisher=American Film Institute}}</ref> *''Lady with a Past'' (1931)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/5297-LADY-WITH-A-PAST|title=Lady with a Past (1932)|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> *''Touch Us Gently'' (1933)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FC8LAQAAMAAJ&q=countess+%22Harriet+Henry%22|title=Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals|date=April 22, 1961|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/harriet-henry/touch-us-gently/|title=Touch Us Gently|date=June 1, 1933|work=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> *''We Walk Alone'' (1935)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/harriet-henry/we-walk-alone/|title=We Walk Alone|date=September 1, 1935|work=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> *''No More, No Less'' (1938)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/harriet-henry-2/no-more-no-less/|title=No More, No Less|date=June 1, 1938|work=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> *''Widow's Peak'' (1940)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/harriet-henry-3/widows-peak/|title=Widow's Peak|date=August 1, 1940|work=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> *''Shake Down the Stairs<ref name=":0" />'' *''Bearing False Witness<ref name=":0" />'' *''When is a Lady<ref name=":0" />'' *''Rakish Halo<ref name=":0" />'' *''Burn, Candle, Burn''<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Baker|first=Howard|date=January 1, 1928|title=Burn Candle Burn (Harriet Henry) (Book Review)|journal=The Southern Review|volume=4|pages=801}}</ref> *''Sing All the Summer''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bynTAAAAMAAJ&q=nils+de+steuch|title=Who's who in New York City and State|year=1947|publisher=L.R. Hamersly Company}}</ref>
==Filmography==
* ''Bought'' (1931) (originally to be titled ''White Collar Girl'') was based on her novel ''Jackdaw's Strut<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/01/17/archives/betty-grable-victor-mature-to-head-cast-in-fox-film-white-collar.html|title=Betty Grable, Victor Mature to Head Cast in Fox Film, 'White Collar Girl'; TWO PICTURES DUE TODAY Universal's 'Paris Calling' to Open at the Globe -- 'Treat 'Em Rough' Rialto Bill|date=January 17, 1942|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2020}}</ref>'' * ''Lady with a Past'' (1932) was based on her novel of the same name<ref name=":2" />
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