According to the Britannica website, Fannie Hurst was an author who was concerned about romance and also social issues.
Fannie, to the best of her abilities, wanted to know what real people experienced. She took low wage jobs, she traveled with the common folk and made an effort to inject those experiences in her writing.
This is a quick look at two film version of one of her works, Imitation of Life.
If you would like to know more about Fannie Hurst, there is the Literary Ladies Guide biography.
And another biography at the The State Historical Society of Missouri Missouri Encyclopedia
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