Bristow became interested in writing while reporting junior high school functions for her local newspaper. After studying at Columbia University , she wrote for a number of literary magazines and journals. Eventually, she moved to New Orleans, and worked at the '' Times-Picayune ''. She became interested in longer forms of writing—novels and short stories—through her husband, screenwriter Bruce Manning , and published her first novel in 1929. Bristow reached the pinnacle of her career with the western romance ''Jubilee Trail'', which became a bestseller in 1950 , and was adapted to a moderately successful film in 1954 . She continued to write novels and articles for magazines until her death in 1980.
- ''The Alien, and Other Poems'' (1926)
- ''The Invisible Host'' (1930), with Bruce Manning, later republished as ''The Ninth Guest''
- ''The Gutenberg Murders'' (1931), with Bruce Manning
- ''The Mardi Gras Murders'' (1932), with Bruce Manning
- ''Two and Two Make Twenty-two'' (1932), with Bruce Manning
- "Plantation Trilogy":
- ---''Deep Summer'' (1937), ISBN 0899660258
- ---''The Handsome Road'' (1938), ISBN 0899660282
- ---''This Side of Glory'' (1940), ISBN 0899660266
- ''Gwen Bristow'' (1940), autobiography
- ''Tomorrow Is Forever'' (1943), ISBN 0899660274
- ''Jubilee Trail'' (1950), ISBN 1556526016
- ''Celia Garth'' (1959), ISBN 1877853585
- ''Calico Palace'' (1970), ISBN 0671824716
- ''From Pigtails to Wedding Bells'' (1978), ISBN 0891378111, non-fiction
- ''Golden Dreams'' (1980), ISBN 0690016786
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