Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram

Eleanor M. Ingram was an American writer from New York whose fiction appeared in the early 1900s. Sources agree she died young in 1921, and while her exact birth year is sometimes given inconsistently, library and reference records commonly identify her as Eleanor Marie Ingram (1886–1921).

She wrote across several popular genres, including romance, adventure, short fiction, and supernatural suspense. Her best-known novel today is The Thing from the Lake, a 1921 work of uncanny horror, but her bibliography also includes titles such as The Game and the Candle, From the Car Behind, The Flying Mercury, The Unafraid, and A Man's Hearth.

What makes her especially interesting is her range. Ingram could move from atmosphere and dread to society drama or high-speed motoring fiction, which gives her work an energy that still stands out. Though she is not as famous as some of her contemporaries, reprints and public-domain editions have helped new readers rediscover her unusual mix of imagination, pace, and genre variety.