Author. Early in her career, Josephine Lawrence worked as a journalist at the "Newark Sunday Call", first as editor of the children's page, and later also as editor of the women's page. On December 9, 1917, the newspaper published her interview of Edward Stratemeyer, head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In 1919, Lawrence began ghostwriting juvenile novels for the Syndicate under a variety of pseudonyms. The prolific author wrote for the "Sunny Boy", "Four Little Blossoms", "Riddle Club", "Betty Gordon", "Oriole", and "Honey Bunch" series. Lawrence also wrote juvenile fiction independently, outside of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In 1932, she began writing adult fiction. Lawrence had two novels that were Book-of-the-Month-Club selections, "Years Are So Long" (1934) and "If I Have Four Apples" (1935), a rare honor. In the March 7, 1938 edition of "Newsweek", author Sinclair Lewis wrote a column "Vie de Newark" in which he lauded Lawrence's novels. All the while, Lawrence continued to work at the "Newark Sunday Call". She adhered to a writing schedule of three hours every weekday night, both before and after her 1940 marriage to Artur Platz and subsequent move to Manhattan. When the newspaper closed in 1946, Lawrence began working at the "Newark Sunday News", where she remained until her retirement. Josephine Lawrence published her last novel in 1975.
Author. Early in her career, Josephine Lawrence worked as a journalist at the "Newark Sunday Call", first as editor of the children's page, and later also as editor of the women's page. On December 9, 1917, the newspaper published her interview of Edward Stratemeyer, head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In 1919, Lawrence began ghostwriting juvenile novels for the Syndicate under a variety of pseudonyms. The prolific author wrote for the "Sunny Boy", "Four Little Blossoms", "Riddle Club", "Betty Gordon", "Oriole", and "Honey Bunch" series. Lawrence also wrote juvenile fiction independently, outside of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In 1932, she began writing adult fiction. Lawrence had two novels that were Book-of-the-Month-Club selections, "Years Are So Long" (1934) and "If I Have Four Apples" (1935), a rare honor. In the March 7, 1938 edition of "Newsweek", author Sinclair Lewis wrote a column "Vie de Newark" in which he lauded Lawrence's novels. All the while, Lawrence continued to work at the "Newark Sunday Call". She adhered to a writing schedule of three hours every weekday night, both before and after her 1940 marriage to Artur Platz and subsequent move to Manhattan. When the newspaper closed in 1946, Lawrence began working at the "Newark Sunday News", where she remained until her retirement. Josephine Lawrence published her last novel in 1975.
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