Amy Le Feuvre

Born in Blackheath, London, in 1861, Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre wrote under the name Amy Le Feuvre. She was an English author whose fiction for children and young readers was closely shaped by her evangelical Christian beliefs.

Her books often mixed everyday family life, moral choices, and adventure, and she published a large body of work that continued to circulate long after her lifetime. Modern library and author records also note that she sometimes used the pseudonym Mary Thurston Dodge.

Le Feuvre died in 1929, with sources placing her death in Exeter, Devon. Today she is remembered mainly for her many religiously themed children's books, several of which remain available through public-domain and reprint editions.