Zane Grey

Zane Grey
Grey in 1925
Born	Pearl Zane Grey (1872-01-31)January 31, 1872 Zanesville, Ohio, United States
Died	October 23, 1939(1939-10-23) (aged 67) Altadena, California, United States
Resting place	Lackawaxen and Union Cemetery, Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Novelist, dentist
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Genre	Western fiction
Notable works	Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
Spouse	Lina Elise Roth ​ (m. 1905)​
Children	3, including Romer and Loren
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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book.

In addition to the success of his printed works, his books have second lives and continuing influence adapted for films and television. His novels and short stories were adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a television series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre.^[1]