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Alice Harriman
1861–1925
A poet, novelist, short story writer, and publisher, she built a varied literary career at a time when women rarely ran publishing houses. Her life joined writing with business, and her work reached readers from the Pacific Northwest to New York.
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A Man of Two Countries
by Alice Harriman
About the author
Mary Alice Harriman, also known as Alice Harriman and later Alice Harriman-Browne, was born in Maine in 1861 and died in Los Angeles in 1925. She wrote poetry, novels, short stories, and nonfiction, and is remembered not only for her writing but also for her work as a publisher.
She became especially notable in the early 1900s for running her own publishing business, first in Seattle and later in New York. Contemporary reference works described her as the "only woman publisher in the world," a striking label that shows how unusual her role was at the time.
Her career reflects a mix of literary ambition and practical independence. Alongside her own books, her publishing work helped place her among the more distinctive women in American literary life of her era.