1959 Press Photo Novelist Gwen Bristow with her new book, "Celia Garth"

Novelist Gwen Bristow with her new book, "Cella Garth." One of America's most successful historical novelists admitted here Monday she quit writing "hundreds" of times before she clicked. Gwen Bristow, in the city to promote her latest novel, "Celia Garth," recalled her days as a reporter on The Times-Picayune.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.