author
Blanche Sellers Ortman
1870–1948
Best known for a warm, quietly observant collection of stories and a travel book drawn from a journey to Asia, this American writer left behind a small but distinctive body of work. Her writing often leans toward memory, landscape, and the pleasures of close attention.
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The old house, and other stories
by Blanche Sellers Ortman
About the author
Born in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1870, Blanche Sellers Ortman was an American author whose published work includes The Old House, and Other Stories (1910) and New York to Peking (1921). Library and public-domain records consistently identify her as the author of those books, and biographical listings place her life from 1870 to 1948.
Her fiction is remembered for its gentle, reflective tone. The Old House, and Other Stories gathers short pieces that look closely at place, feeling, and everyday life, while New York to Peking appears to draw on travel experience, showing another side of her writing.
Available biographical information is limited, but memorial records indicate that she was born on April 1, 1870, and died on July 5, 1948, in Virginia. Because reliable portraits are hard to confirm from the sources I found, no profile image is included here.