Gladys Gordon | |
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Other names | G.G. Pendarves Gladys Gordon Trenery |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, author |
Gladys Gordon (aka G.G. Pendarves, Gladys Gordon Trenery and Marjory E. Lambe, lived 1885–1938) was an English novelist and screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era. [1] [2]
Gordon was born in England in 1885. [2] On all of her screenplays, she collaborated with fellow writer Ada McQuillan. [3] [4] [2] Under her "G.G. Pendarves" name, Gordon was known for her short stories on the occult and ghosts, which were published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. [1] [2] [5] Gordon also wrote adventure fiction about the exploits of Westerners in North Africa; these were published in the pulp magazines Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine. [5]
Gordon died in late 1938, in The Wirral, Cheshire. [5] In the December 1938 issue of Weird Tales, editor Farnsworth Wright published an obituary for her, revealing that "G. G. Pendarves" had been Gordon's pseudonym. [5]