Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Grace Zaring Stone

Born: January 9, 1891
Died: September 29, 1991 (aged 100)
Bio: Grace Zaring Stone was an American novelist and short-story writer. She is perhaps best known for having three of her novels made into films: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Winter Meeting, and Escape. She also used the pseudonym of Ethel Vance.
Known for:
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
- Escape (1940)
- Winter Meeting (1948)