Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram

Born in New York in 1886, Eleanor Marie Ingram was an American novelist and short-story writer who published widely in popular magazines and in book form. She wrote during a period when motoring still felt modern and daring, and she became especially associated with automobile fiction, including novels such as The Flying Mercury, Stanton Wins, and From the Car Behind.

Her name is now most often linked to The Thing From the Lake, a supernatural novel published in 1921, the year of her death. That book helped give her a lasting place among readers of early weird and suspense fiction, while her broader work shows a writer comfortable with adventure, romance, and fast-moving popular storytelling.

Ingram died on March 22, 1921, at a notably young age. Even so, her work still appeals to readers who enjoy forgotten popular fiction from the early 1900s, especially stories that mix atmosphere, energy, and a sense of old-fashioned excitement.