author
Edith A. (Edith Augusta) Sawyer
b. 1869
Best known for writing children’s fiction and culturally themed stories, this early 20th-century author left behind a varied body of work that ranges from holiday tales to novels set in Portugal and Japan. Archival records also suggest she preserved correspondence, photographs, and other personal materials now held in a Maine literary collection.
2 Audiobooks
The Christmas Makers' Club
by Edith A. (Edith Augusta) Sawyer
Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin
by Edith A. (Edith Augusta) Sawyer
About the author
Edith A. Sawyer, born in 1869, wrote fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Catalog and library records identify her as Edith Augusta Sawyer, and her surviving works include The Christmas Makers' Club, Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin, The Way of Umé, and The Abiding of Umé.
Her books show a wide range of interests. Some were written for younger readers, while others drew on international settings and themes, especially Portugal and Japan. The record of The Way of Umé and The Abiding of Umé suggests a special interest in Japanese subjects, while The Christmas Makers' Club reflects her work in more traditional children’s storytelling.
A collection of her papers is preserved in the Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England. That archive indicates that photographs, an engraving, and other materials related to her life and work still survive, offering a small but valuable glimpse of an author who is not widely remembered today.