Could Ann Beattie and  Edgar Rice Burroughs be dating?
Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American fiction writer best known for his celebrated and prolific output in the adventure and science-fiction genres. Among the most notable of his creations are the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, and Pellucidar (the world inside our world). And his most enduring creation - the jungle hero Tarzan - is fit to stand with d'Artagnan, Jeeves, Sherlock Holmes, and Superman as an archetype of the modern hero. Burroughs' California ranch is now the center of the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles.
Tarzan and the Lost Empire Tarzan and the Lost Empire is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twelfth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published as a serial in "Blue Book Magazine" from October 1928 through February 1929; it first appeared in book form in a hardcover edition from Metropolitan Books in September 1929.