Born: 23 August 1863, United States
Died: 15 June 1945
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
Amélie Rives, an American author, born in Richmond, Va. She showed an early aptitude for writing, and a collection of her stories was published in 1888. The following year she created a marked sensation by her novel The Quick or the Dead? the intense emotionalism of which attracted much attention, and aroused conflicting criticism. Since then she has written a number of books including Tanis, a powerful story, and Herod and Mariamne, a drama in verse.