Red Pepper Burns

Grace Louise Smith Richmond (1866–1959) American romance novelist created the Dr. R.P. Burns series. Her first short stories were published in various womens magazines including the Womens Home Companion Ladies Home Journal and Everybodys Magazine as early as 1898. Richmond wrote 27 novels between 1905 and 1936. Red Pepper Burns was published in 1910. Like most of her strong-willed yet compassionate characters R.P. Burns is a kind old-souled country doctor who makes house calls. His fiery red hair and temper to match earned him his nickname Red Pepper though he is still a charming and endearing gentleman. Mrs. Red Pepper (1913) Red Peppers Patients (1917) and Red of the Redfields (1924) followed.