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Annie Hamilton Donnell
1862–1943
A prolific American writer for children and magazines, she was known for warm, lively stories that often centered on girls, families, and everyday adventures. Her books found a wide audience in the early 1900s and still carry the charm of that era.
9 Audiobooks
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series
by Mary Antin, Elizabeth Ashe, Kathleen Carman, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer, Mazo De la Roche, Annie Hamilton Donnell, James Edmund Dunning, Rebecca Hooper Eastman, William Addleman Ganoe, Lucy Huffaker, Joseph Husband, S. H. Kemper, Christina Krysto, Ellen Mackubin, Edith Ronald Mirrielees, Margaret Prescott Montague, Edward Morlae, Meredith Nicholson, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Laura Spencer Portor, Lucy Pratt, Elsie Singmaster, Charles Haskins Townsend, Edith Wyatt
Three Young Knights
by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Gloria and Treeless Street
by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Four Girls and a Compact
by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Judith Lynn: A Story of the Sea
by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Rebecca Mary
by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings
by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Glory and the Other Girl
by Annie Hamilton Donnell
The Very Small Person
by Annie Hamilton Donnell
About the author
Born in Maine in 1862, Annie Hamilton Donnell studied at Kents Hill School and later built a successful writing career in fiction for young readers. A biographical entry published during her lifetime notes that she contributed to major magazines including Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, McClure's, American Magazine, and Everybody's.
She wrote a long list of books, including Rebecca Mary, The Very Small Person, Four Girls and a Compact, and Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings. Her work often focused on spirited children, domestic life, and the small emotional dramas of ordinary people, which helped make her a familiar name to readers of juvenile fiction in the early twentieth century.
Donnell died in 1943. Based on the sources I could confirm here, her legacy rests on a substantial body of fiction that was popular in its day and remains accessible through public-domain and library collections.