Born: 1861, United States
Died: 1934
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is republished with permission from the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.
Amy Brooks (1861-1934) was an author and illustrator. She was born in Chelsea, MA. The family moved to Hyde Park where Amy attended public schools. She later went to the Museum School of Drawing and Painting in Boston. She wrote books for children and illustrated all of her own thirty-two books as well as doing illustrations for about seventy titles by other authors. Books she wrote were The Randy series, the Prue series, the Dorothy Dainty series, and the Princess Polly series. Brooks was also an accomplished pianist and wrote classical songs.