Mary Lee Settle was born on July 29, 1918 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for The Pleasure Garden (1953) and Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (2009). She was married to William L. Tazewell, Douglas Newton and Rodney Weathersbee. She died on September 27, 2005 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
She won the National Book Award in 1978 for her novel "Blood Tie".
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She founded the annual PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
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Was an Associate Professor at Bard College from 1965-1976.
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During World War II she went to England and enlisted in the women's branch of the Royal Air Force.
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Started her career as a fashion model but eventually began writing novels. She wrote twenty two books from 1954-2004.
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Was one of hundreds of young women screen tested for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With The Wind".
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She won the National Book Award in 1978 for her book "Blood Tie".
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Lived in England during and after World War II. Served in the Royal Air Force and her first two husbands were British.
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Besides being an author, she was an actress during her early years. She reportedly screen tested for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the classic film "Gone With the Wind."
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Became a novelist following a career as an actress and model.
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