Lily Dougall
1800s and 1900s Canadian writer
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Grace Lumpkin
The radical novels that Grace Lumpkin wrote in the 1930s, To Make My Bread and A Sign for Cain, represent two of the best examples of literary social realism produced in response to the economic and social turmoil of the Great Depression in the U.S.
Janice Daugharty
Since 1994 Janice Daugharty has published a volume of short fiction, six novels, and numerous short stories and essays.
Ruta Sepetys
Ruta Sepetys is an internationally-acclaimed bestselling author of historical fiction published in over 60 countries and 40 languages.
Sue Monk Kidd
Author best known for her 2002 novel The Secret Life of Bees, which has sold over 8 million copies and been translated into thirty-six languages.
Elizabeth Foster Vergoose
She entertained her grandchildren with nursery rhymes. Her son-in-law reportedly published them as Songs for the Nursery or Mother Goose’s Melodies.
Eugenia Price
Eugenia Price is known for her best-selling historical fiction
Evelyn Hanna
American novelist who used the Civil War (1861-65) as a backdrop for her romantic fiction.
Frances Mayes
Frances Mayes has achieved wide recognition for two best-selling books about her life in Italy: Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy and Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy.
Frances Newman
American novelist, translator, critic, book reviewer, and librarian