Tait, Dorothy (1905–1972)
Tait, Dorothy (1905–1972)
American novelist and biographer. Name variations: (pseudonyms) Ann Fairbairn; Jay Allison Stuart. Born Mar 1, 1905; died Feb 1972 in Pacific Grove, Monterey, California.
Former newspaper columnist, met jazz musician George Lewis (1952), fell in love and took over managership of his band; under name Jay Allison Stuart, wrote his biography as Call Him George (1961), though she used the Fairbairn pseudonym in 2nd edition (1969); as Ann Fairbairn, wrote Five Smooth Stones (1966) and That Man Cartwright (1969).
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