Facts:   - imagesize: 200px    - death place: louisville , kentucky , usa    - caption: photograph taken in louisville , 1933    - birth name: eleanor royce mercein    - notableworks: '' kildares of storm '' , '' basquerie ''    - death date: 11 october 1968    - genre: romantic fiction , biography , travel    - spouse: robert ; his death -rrb- m. kelly , jr. . -lrb- m. 1901-1926      - birth date: 30 august 1880    - name: eleanor mercein kelly    - image: eleanor mercein kelly 1933.jpg    - birth place: milwaukee , wisconsin , usa    - occupation: novelist , short story writer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eleanor mercein kelly .
eleanor mercein kelly -lrb- august 30 , 1880 - october 11 , 1968 -rrb- was an american writer of fiction and nonfiction .she wrote one biographical study , `` the chronicle of a happy woman : emily a. davison '' -lrb- 1928 -rrb- , but is best known for her romantic fiction , most of which was set in exotic locales .she was widely traveled , and used her travels as inspiration for her novels .