Gertrude Brooke Hamilton was the older sister of Mark Hamilton and Joseph Hamilton, both character actors. She wrote over 100 short stories that appeared between 1908 and the early 1930's. Most of her short fictional stories appeared in: The Green Book Magazine, The Red Book Magazine, The Blue Book Magazine, The Black Mask, Ainslee's Magazine, The New Parisienne, Every Week, Harper's, Young's magazine, The Smart Set, Smith's magazine, The Cavalier, Pictorial Review, Breezy and Short Stories, Good Housekeeping, Munsey's, and Gunter's magazine.
