Myrtle Reed came from a very religious and literary family. She was a freelance writer who published in Munsey's Magazine and The National Magazine. Her first novel was entitled Love Letters to a Musician. It's popularity lead to her wiring more novels. Lavender and Old Lace is her most famous novel. In A Spinner in the Sun a woman returns home after being away for many years. The story is romantic and from a by gone time. It is a "chick" book and the ending may have the reader shedding a few tears. Reed also wrote The Spinster Book (1901), Lavender and Old Lace (1902), The Shadow of Victory (1903), A Spinner in the Sun (1906), Flower of the Dusk (1908), Old Rose and Silver (1909), Master of the Vineyard (1910), Sonnets to a Lover (1910), A Weaver of Dreams (1911), The Myrtle Reed Yearbook (1911), The White Shield (1912), Threads of Grey and Gold (1913) and Happy Women (1913).