Edna Clare Bryner (1886 - 1967)

Edna Bryner Schwab (1886 - January 28, 1967) was an American novelist, short story writer, and Tibetan scholar. She used her maiden name professionally. In 1939 her interest in Asian religions led her to seek instruction from professor Bernhard Geiger, a philologist at Columbia. She became an expert on Tibetan Buddhist literature.