A. Stewart (Alexander Stewart) Walsh

Alexander Stewart Walsh (1841–1918), usually listed as A. Stewart Walsh, is a largely obscure author today. The clearest details consistently available online identify him as the author of Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus, first published in 1889.

That novel presents the story of Mary in an expansive, devotional style, blending biblical material, tradition, and the feel of historical romance. Modern catalog and ebook sources suggest that this is the work for which Walsh is chiefly remembered, and it continues to be available through library records, archive editions, and Project Gutenberg.

Some sources also style him as "Rev. A. Stewart Walsh," which suggests he may have had a clerical background, but the limited evidence easily available online does not provide a fuller, well-confirmed life story. For many readers, the lasting interest lies less in the man himself than in the earnest, imaginative religious novel he left behind.