Marion L. Bloom (1891 – March 10, 1975) was a writer, nurse, and H. L. Mencken's lover for about a decade - eventually becoming close enough that they seriously considered marriage. They first met February 1914 when Bloom visited the office of Baltimore Sun. Mencken and Bloom ended their relationship in the early 1920s, though Bloom continued to admire Mencken. Their love letters were published in in 1996.