author

Dorothy Whitehill

Best known for lively girls' adventure and school stories, this early 20th-century writer created series fiction that followed twins, boarding-school friends, and other spirited young heroines. Her books still turn up through Project Gutenberg and library catalogs, which has helped keep them in circulation for new readers.

5 Audiobooks

Phyllis, a twin

Phyllis, a twin

by Dorothy Whitehill

The twins in the South

The twins in the South

by Dorothy Whitehill

Janet, a twin

Janet, a twin

by Dorothy Whitehill

About the author

Dorothy Whitehill was an early 20th-century author of children's and young adult series fiction. Reliable catalog and book-listing sources connect her with titles such as Phyllis, a Twin, Janet, a Twin, Polly's First Year at Boarding School, and The Twins in the South, along with the long-running Page Twins books.

Her work seems to have centered on cheerful, fast-moving stories for girls, especially school stories and family adventures. Listings for her books show that the Page Twins series ran from the 1920s into the early 1930s, and several of her books were published by Barse & Hopkins or Barse & Company.

Very little biographical information about Whitehill herself appears to be readily confirmed from the sources I found. What is clear is her place in the tradition of classic American girls' series books, and the continued availability of some of her novels through public-domain and library resources.