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Augusta Huiell Seaman
1879–1950
Best known for lively mystery and adventure stories for young readers, this American writer turned everyday places—boarded-up houses, old inns, hidden keys—into invitations to explore. Her books have a brisk, curious energy that still makes classic juvenile fiction easy to enjoy.
10 Audiobooks
Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Slipper Point Mystery
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Boarded-Up House
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Girl Next Door
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Dragon's Secret
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
When a Cobbler Ruled the King
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Crimson Patch
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
Three Sides of Paradise Green
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Sapphire Signet
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Slipper Point Mystery
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
About the author
Born in New York City on April 3, 1879, Augusta Huiell Seaman studied at Normal College, later renamed Hunter College, and graduated in 1900. She then taught elementary school before turning her attention more fully to writing.
Seaman became a popular author of children's fiction, especially mysteries and adventures for girls. Her books include The Boarded-Up House, The Sapphire Signet, The Mystery at Number Six, and The Adventure of the Seven Keyholes, stories remembered for their puzzles, secretive settings, and capable young heroines.
She was born Augusta Curtiss Huiell and later married Robert Seaman in 1906. Seaman died on June 5, 1950, and her work remains part of the tradition of early 20th-century American juvenile mystery writing.