Natalie Sumner LincolnNatalie Sumner Lincoln was an American author who lived from October 4, 1881, to August 31, 1935. She mostly wrote mystery and crime books that took place in Washington, D.C. Natalie Lincoln was born in Washington, D.C., on October 4, 1881. She was te daughter of Dr. Nathan Smith Lincoln, a doctor who served in the Civil War and assisted President James A. Garfield in the White House, and Jeanie Gould, a writer of books for adults and children. George Gould Lincoln was her brother and a political writer. She went to school in Washington, D.C., at Laura A. Flint's Private School. From 1912 to 1914, Lincoln was the government and society writer for the Washington Herald. From April 1915 until she died, she was in charge of the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. Lincoln wrote 22 books, and all but one of them took place in Washington, D.C. Inspector Mitchell or Detective Ferguson from the Washington, DC police force were in about half of them. Two of her books were turned into silent movies: The Man Inside (1916) and Black Shadows (1920), which was based on her book The Official Chaperon. Aside from that, she wrote short stories that were published in Smith's Magazine, McCall's, All Story, and Detective Story Magazine. Read More Read Less