Dorothy C. (Dorothy Charlotte) Paine

Dorothy C. Paine, also listed as Dorothy Charlotte Paine, was an American author whose surviving works are now best known through digital libraries such as Project Gutenberg and LibriVox. Reliable catalog-style sources identify her as active around 1903, and her fiction appears to have been written for younger readers.

Her best-known book, A Little Florida Lady (1903), follows a young girl from New York adjusting to life in Florida, blending domestic scenes with adventure. Another known novel, A Maid of the Mountains, is set in North Carolina and shows the same interest in regional settings and youthful experience.

Very little confirmed biographical detail about her life seems to be readily available in standard online reference sources, which makes the books themselves the clearest window into her work. What stands out is her knack for writing spirited, place-rich stories that capture an older vision of the American South.