Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

Cornelia Otis Skinner (1901–1979) briefly attended Bryn Mawr College and later studied theatre at the Sorbonne in Paris. Throughout her career, she wrote a number of novels, biographies, essays, and screenplays. She also acted in a variety of films and shows, including a one-woman performance of short character sketches that toured the country from 1926–1929.

Emily Kimbrough (1899–1989) was an author and journalist. She wrote fourteen books, broadcast a daily radio show, and was the managing editor of Ladies Home Journal. Her writing also appeared in a number of publications, including Country Life, House & Garden, Travel, Readers’ Digest, and Parents magazine, among others. She is the coauthor, with Cornelia Otis Skinner, of Our Hearts Were Young and Gay.

Celeste Lawson is an Earphones Award winner and Audie Award nominee. She is the recording studio director for the Talking Books Program at the Library of Congress’ National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. She was a dancer and an actor before finding her niche in the intriguing, challenging, and extremely satisfying world of narration. In Silver Spring, Maryland, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and cat, she practices yoga and continues to dance. Celeste has also recorded for Blackstone Audio under the name C. M. Hébert.