I. A. R. Wylie

I.A.R. Wylie
I.A.R. Wylie in Germany, c. 1910
Born
Ida Alexa Ross Wylie

(1885-03-16)16 March 1885
Melbourne, Australia
Died4 November 1959(1959-11-04) (aged 74)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Other namesIda Alena Ross Wylie
Occupation(s)Writer, poet

Ida Alexa Ross Wylie (16 March 1885 – 4 November 1959), known by her pen name I.A.R. Wylie, was an Australian-British-American novelist, screenwriter, short story writer, poet, and suffragette sympathiser who was honoured by the journalistic and literary establishments of her time, and received international recognition for her works. Between 1915 and 1953, more than thirty of her novels and stories were adapted into films, including Keeper of the Flame (1942), which was directed by George Cukor and starred Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.