E. J. Rath

Rath is the pseudonym of writer Edith Rathbone Jacobs Brainerd (1885 – January 28, 1922) who was assisted with many of her writing projects by her husband Chauncey Corey Brainerd (April 16, 1874 – January 28, 1922), a Washington D.C. correspondent for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

[2] The story "The Heroism of Mr. Peglow" was published in Everybody's Magazine in December 1907.

[3] The couple were killed along with almost 100 others when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington D.C. collapsed under the weight of heavy snow.

Politicians, officials, and fellow newspaper reporters paid tribute.

[5] Note: Rath was killed with her husband in Jan. 1922, but novels under the pseudonym continued to appear.