Myrtle Reed came from a very religious and literary family. She was a freelance writer who published in Munsey's Magazine and The National Magazine. Her first novel was entitled Love Letters to a Musician. It's popularity lead to her wiring more novels. Lavender and Old Lace is her most famous novel. In A Spinner in the Sun a woman returns home after being away for many years. The story is romantic and from a by gone time. It is a "chick" book and the ending may have the reader shedding a few tears. Reed also wrote The Spinster Book (1901), Lavender and Old Lace (1902), The Shadow of Victory...

Myrtle Reed came from a very religious and literary family. She was a freelance writer who published in Munsey's Magazine and The National Magazine. Her first novel was entitled Love Letters to a Musician. It's popularity lead to her writing more novels. Lavender and Old Lace is her most famous novel. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern is the story of a New York newspaperman and his young wife. When they return from their honeymoon they arrive at an old peculiar house. In this house many strange and interesting events unfold.