• Born: March 29, 1831
• Birthplace: England
• Died: March 10, 1919

Novelist Amelia Edit Barr was born in England, but moved to Texas with her husband and two children when she was in her twenties. She and her husband had another four children. In 1867, the family moved to Galveston, TX, and the husband and three sons died there of yellow fever within a few weeks. Nearly penniless, Barr and her three daughters moved to New York City, where she began to write newspaper articles, short stories and ads.

Barr's first novel was entitled, Romance and Reality (1872), and was instantly successful. She went on to write some 70 books, with the last one, The Paper Cup published in 1918. She was considered a pioneer of the American historical novel. In 1913, she published her autobiography, All the Days of My Life.

Most Famous Works

• Romance and Reality (1872)
• Jan Vedder's Wife (1885)
• The Bow of Orange Ribbon (1886)
• Remember the Alamo (1888)

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