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.

Tesky wrote both novels and shorter fiction, and her known books include The Yellow Pearl, Candlelight Days, A Little Child Shall Lead Them, The Village Artist, and Where the Sugar Maple Grows. Her titles suggest a range that moved from Canadian local-color storytelling to broader popular fiction.

Though she is not widely known today, Tesky belongs to an earlier generation of Canadian writers whose work circulated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Readers interested in overlooked Canadian fiction may find her especially appealing.