Edith Wherry

Edith Wherry Muckleston
Wherry photo by Eva Watson-Schütze c. 1903
Born
Edith Wherry

(1876-10-10)October 10, 1876
DiedApril 7, 1961(1961-04-07) (aged 84)
OccupationWriter
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
GenreMostly novels
SubjectChina
Notable worksThe Red Lantern
Spouse
Harold Struan Muckleston
(m. 1911)
Children3

Edith Wherry (after marriage, Muckleston; 1876-1961) was an American writer. She published four novels set in China where she lived with her missionary parents until she reached her teen years. The film, The Red Lantern, with Alla Nazimova in the lead role, was based on Wherry's novel of the same name.