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Catharine Maria Sedgwick

American authoress and teacher, 1789 – 1864

American novelist and dramatist. She wrote a biography of Mercy Otis Warren (1896), some verse, and a book on English travels, but is better known for her artistic analysis of New England characters and consciences, in her short stories and novels.

Margaret Escott

Margaret Escott is best remembered as the author of the novel Show down.

Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier

Scottish novelist who wrote three novels: Marriage, The Inheritance, and Destiny, all vigorous and lively pictures of Scottish life and character, written in clear, brisk English, with an inexhaustible fund of humor.

Sarah Orne Jewett

American novelist, and writer of short stories who excelled in the simple and intimate portrayal of New England character in its finer and gentler moods.

Anne Lynch Botta

American author and sculptor

Edith Wharton

Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

American novelist, poet and essayist

Dorothy Hewett

Hewett’s frank and often personal depiction of female sexuality and strength was at times controversial, but cemented her reputation as a leading feminist, politically aware Australian writer who mastered many genres.