She began with Sunday school lessons in a column syndicated by 10 local newspapers, but soon turned to fiction. Hill-Lutz was forced to publish enough to support herself and her two daughters. Hill-Lutz's first husband, also a Presbyterian minister, died after seven years of marriage. Perhaps the strongest of all family influences was that of her aunt, Isabella Macdonald ("Pansy") Alden, an author who not only encouraged Hill-Lutz to write but persuaded her own publisher to print the youngster's first effort, The Esseltynes or, Alpsonso and Marguerite. His influence is reflected in Hill-Lutz's establishment and direction of a mission Sunday school in Swarthmore. Hill-Lutz's father, a Presbyterian minister, also did some writing, exclusively on theological topics. Apparently in order to honor her mother as an individual, Hill-Lutz published three novels under her mother's given name, Marcia Macdonald. Livingston, but devoted herself primarily to being a preacher's wife. Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz's mother published four romances under the name of Mrs. Lutz, 1916 (separated) children: two daughters and Marcia Macdonald Livingston married Frank Hill, 1892 (died) Flavius J. Born 15 April 1865, Wellsville, New York died 23 February 1947, Swarthmore, PennsylvaniaĪlso wrote under: Grace Livingston Hill, Grace Livingston, Marcia MacdonaldÄaughter of Charles M.
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