Adeline M. (Adeline Margaret) Teskey

Born in Appleton, Ontario, around 1855, Adeline Margaret Tesky was a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She died on March 21, 1924, and is remembered for fiction that connected everyday Canadian life with the tastes and ideas of her era.

Her books include Where the Sugar Maple Grows, The Yellow Pearl, A Little Child Shall Lead Them, and Candlelight Days. Much of her writing was published in the early 1900s, and it often blended domestic storytelling, small-town scenes, and moral or social themes in a style that would have been familiar to readers of popular magazine and book fiction of the time.

Today, Tesky is a useful figure for readers interested in older Canadian literature beyond the best-known names. Her work reflects both the charm and the limitations of its period, which can make it especially interesting for listeners curious about how Canadian fiction was written and read a century ago.