American writer, born at Andover, MA. She attracted much attention by her realistic magazine stories, which were collected in Knitters of the Sun (1884). Her other works include Expiation (1890); Otto the Knight, and Other Stories (1890); We All (1891); Stories of a Western Town (1893); An Adventure in Photography (1893); and The Heart of Toil (1898). See also “The Missionary Sheriff.”
