Peggy Dern

Peggy Dern, (1896-1966), was an American author, born Erolie Pearl Gaddis (later Erolie Pearl Gaddis Dern), who wrote under both Peggy Dern and Peggy Gaddis as well as Carolina Lee, and Georgia Craig, as well as Perry Lindsay, James Clayford, Gail Jordan and Joan Sherman.

Born in Gaddistown, Georgia, Dern was educated at Reinhardt College, and edited periodicals in Atlanta. She married John Sherman Dern, a wandering minstrel, in 1931. She wrote approximately 3,000 words a day, six days a week for many years. She died in 1966 and was buried in Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Tucker, Georgia.

• The Affairs of a Country Girl, Gail Jordan, Cameo, 1952 (Country Girl, 1954)
• The April Heart, Peggy Dern; Arcadia, 1959
• As Good As Married, Perry Lindsay, Phoenix, 1945
• At Granada Court, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1959, Wright Brown (UK), 1960 (Karen, Valentine, s.d.)
• At Ruby's Place, Joan Tucker, Cameo, 1952 (Waterfront Club, 1954), também em1956, como John Tucker, pela Venus
• The Babe in Arms, Perry Lindsay, Phoenix, 1943
• Back Home, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1950. Também pela Manor, Star (Austrália) e 5-Star (UK), 1972 (ou como “Reaching Out for Love”, Large Print, 1996)
• Backwoods Girl, Peggy Gaddis; Venus, 1954
• Bayou Nurse, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1964
• Beauty to Burn, Peggy Gaddis, Godwin, 1937
• Beloved Intruder, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1958
• Betsy Moran, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1964
• Beware of Romance, Roberta Courtland, Gramercy, 1948
• Coast Guard Girl, Georgia Craig, Arcadia, 1945
• Courtesan, Joan Sherman, Godwin, 1936 (publicado como Lulie, pela Handi-Book, 1949)
• Eileen Duggan, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1952
• Goodbye, My Heart, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1941
• Marriage Can Wait, James Clayford, Quarter, 1949
• Shanty Girl, Joan Tucker, Venus, 1953
• Satan's Gal, Carolina Lee, Handi, 1950
• Show Boat Girl, Roberta Courtland, Gramercy, 1940
• The Girl Next Door, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1949
• The Marryin'Kind, Roberta Courtland, Gramercy, 1947
• Young Doctor Merry, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1944
• Young Nurse, Sylvia Erskine, Cameo, 1952
• Wings on Her Heart, Roberta Courtland, Gramercy, 1942
• Winter Circus, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1943