Edith M. Stern

Edith Mendel Stern (24 June 1901 – 8 February 1975) was a novelist, book editor, journalist, critic, and writer of books and booklets written as guides on how to cope with problems related to aging, mental illness, and disabled children.

Biography

Born to a Jewish family in New York City, Edith Mendel earned a B.A. from Barnard College in 1922. She was on the editorial staff of Alfred A. Knopf and subsequently on the editorial staffs of several other publishing houses, including Boni & Liveright. She married William A. Stern II, a Justice Department lawyer. After publishing four novels from 1927 to 1935, she wrote books on mental health aimed at a popular audience.

Works

Nonfiction books and pamphlets

• with Samuel Warren Hamilton, MD: (5th edition 1968)
• with Mary E. Corcoran:
• with Howard W. Hopkirk:
• with Samuel Warren Hamilton, MD: ()
• with Elsa Castendyck:
• with Mabel Ross: ;

External links

• Summary of Edith M. Stern papers, 1962–1973, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution