Jay Gelzer
Jay Gelzer (January 22, 1889 – June 15, 1964) was an American writer. She wrote novels and short stories, including several that were adapted into films.

Gelzer was born in England, brought to the United States as a child, and was adopted after her mother's death. She lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where she graduated from Central High School and was a member of the St. Louis Writers' Guild. She later lived in Santa Monica and Detroit.

Gelzer's writing was published in "Good Housekeeping", "Cosmopolitan", and the "New York Daily News".

Her book "The Street of a Thousand Delights" contained eight stories about a "half-breed" in Melbourne's Chinese quarter. She helped adapt her first novel "Compromise", set in St Louis, into a film version for Warner Brothers ("Compromise").

She married Jennings Axon Glazer and had two sons.
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