Charles Gilman Norris (1881 - 1945) was a U.S. novelist. He was the brother of novelist Frank Norris, and the husband of author Kathleen Norris. A native of Chicago, Norris worked as a journalist for some years before finding success as a novelist and playwright. His first book was The Amateur 1916. His other novels include Brass: A Novel of Marriage 1921, Bread 1923, Pig Iron 1926, Seed: A Novel of Birth Control 1930, Zest 1933, Hands 1935, and Flint 1944. He also published three plays: The Rout of the Philistines (with Nino Marcelli, 1922), A Gest of Robin Hood (with Robert C. Newell, 1929), and Ivanhoe: A Grove Play 1936.
Novels and Short Stories
- The Amateur. New York: George H. Doran, 1916.
- Salt; or, The Education of Griffith Adams. N. Y.: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1919.
- Brass; A Novel of Marriage. N.Y.: E. P. Dutton, 1921.
- Marriage; Short Stories of Married life by American Writers, Tarkington, Cutting, Hergesheimer, Miller, Street, Delano, Norris, Gale, Harrison, Kelland, Hopper, Adams, Butler, Foster, Hughes, Dreiser, Cooper, Turner, Webster, Lincoln. Garden City, N. Y.,: Doubleday Page, 1923.
- Bread. N.Y: Dutton, 1923.
- Pig Iron. N.Y: E. P. Dutton, 1926.
- Zelda Marsh. N.Y.: E.P. Dutton, 1927.
- Seed, A Novel of Birth Control. Garden City, N.Y.,: Doubleday Doran, 1930.
- Zest. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday Doran, 1933.
- Hands. New York,: Farrar & Rinehart, 1935.
- Bricks Without Straw. N.Y.: Doubleday Doran, 1938.
- Flint. Garden City, New York.: Doubleday Doran, 1944.
Books by Charles Norris in Theodore Dreiser's library
Plays
- Norris, Charles Gilman, Nino Marcelli, and Calif. Bohemian Club (San Francisco). The Rout of the Philistines : A Forest Play. San Francisco, Calif.: Bohemian Club, 1922.
- Norris, Charles Gilman, Robert C. Newell, and Bohemian Club. A Gest of Robin Hood. San Francisco,: Bohemian Club, 1929.
- Norris, Charles Gilman, Walter Scott, and Calif. Bohemian Club (San Francisco). Ivanhoe: A Grove Play. San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1936.
Works on Frank Norris
- Norris, Frank. A Deal in Wheat, and Other Stories of the New and Old West. New York,: Doubleday Page, 1903.
- Norris, Frank, and Charles Gilman Norris (introd.). The Octopus : A Story of California. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday Page & Co., 1924.
- Norris, Frank, and Charles Gilman Norris. The Third Circle. New York,: J. Lane Company, 1909.
- Norris, Charles Gilman. Frank Norris, 1870-1902; An Intimate Sketch of the Man who was Universally Acclaimed the Greatest American Writer of His Generation. New York,: Doubleday Page, 1914.
Norris, Frank, Oscar Lewis, and Charles Gilman Norris. Frank Norris of "the Wave": Stories & Sketches from the San Francisco Weekly, 1893 to 1897. San Francisco,: The Westgate Press, 1931.
