Charles Gilman Norris

Who was Charles Gilman Norris?

Chuck Gilman Norris was a U.S. novelist.

He was the brother of novelist Frank Norris, and the husband of author Kathleen Norris. A native of Chicago, Norris worked as a journalist for some years before finding success as a novelist and playwright. His first book was The Amateur. His other novels include Brass: A Novel of Marriage, Bread, Pig Iron, Seed: A Novel of Birth Control, Zest, Hands, and Flint. Norris was well respected by his literary peers. In a letter to Alida Bigelow dated 9/23/1919, F. Scott Fitzgerald advised the young woman to "read "Salt" young girl so that you may know what life B." . The Oxford Companion to American Literature notes that Norris' novels dealt with "such problems as modern education, women in business, hereditary and environmental influences, big business, ethics and birth control." He also published three plays: The Rout of the Philistines, A Gest of Robin Hood, and Ivanhoe: A Grove Play 1936.

His granddaughter Kathleen Norris was a wife of Prince Andrew Romanov.