Category: North American Authors
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Fea, Henry R
About the author Henry R Fea wrote several children’s books, generally about animals. His Maggie’s Caravan didn’t impress Kirkus when it came out. The review described the book as “a plodding story up the Saccharine Trail”, far preferring his earlier book, The Wild One, which they described as a solid adventure story. Alas I’ve not…
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Feagles, Anita MacRae
About the author Anita MacRae Feagles (?- 2008) was born in Chicago, and educated at Knox College, Illinois, and City College in New York, where she achieved a Masters in Education. Her husband, Robert Feagles, was an international banker, and the two led a peripatetic lifestyle, living in Mexico, Spain, England and Iceland. She also…
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Finger, Charles Joseph
About the author Charles Joseph Finger (1869–1941) was born in Willesden, London. He went to King’s College, London but left without a degree, and went to Germany to study music. His parents emigrated to America, but Charles stayed in Europe and travelled. Between 1890–95 he moved around South America, doing various things to survive: working…
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Fisher, Laura H
About the author Laura H Fisher, who also wrote under the name Laura Fisher, produced a few children’s books, amongst which is this one horse story, Amy and the Sorrel Summer. Alas I’ve not been able to find out anything else about the author. If you know more, do please get in touch. Finding the…
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Forbus, Ina B
About the author Ina B Forbus (d.1994) was born in Scotland, but moved to America as a child, becoming a US citizen when she married Sample Forbus in 1931. She and her husband bought a grist mill in North Carolina, and she used it as the setting for some of her books. One of her…
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Frankel, Haskel
About the author Haskel Frankel (1926–99) was an author and theatre critic. He had an early career as an actor, but gave up acting after experiencing journalism during World War II, during which he worked on a newspaper which appeared on an Army base. He started writing fiction, and wrote several books for young readers…
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Friermood, Elisabeth Hamilton
About the author Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood (1903–92) was born in Indiana. She was the children’s librarian at Marion Public Library before moving to Ohio to take up a similar position at the Dayton Public Library. She wrote 18 books, the majority of which looked at 19th century life in the Midwest. Her one horse book,…
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Gauch, Patricia Lee
About the author Patricia Lee Gauch grew up in Lockmoor, Michigan, and had what sounds like an unfettered childhood, playing out with the many children in the neighbourhood. She particularly enjoyed playing “Pretend”, and had two tiny imaginary creatures called Brownie and Pinkie. She read Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese and Millions of…
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Gault, William Campbell
About the author William Campbell Gault (1910–95) wrote prolifically; both short stories and novels. He was keen on sport, which featured in much of his work. One of his private detectives, Brock Callahan, was a former basketball player. Gault used sympathetic ethnic characters in his work; one of the earliest to do so. Amongst his…