Elizabeth Weston Timlow

Born in 1861, Elizabeth Weston Timlow was an American educator and author who wrote for young readers. Sources describe her as a teacher and school principal as well as a writer, and her best-known work includes a group of children's books centered on the character Cricket.

Timlow's fiction was published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and includes titles such as Cricket, Cricket at the Seashore, Eunice and Cricket, and A Nest of Girls; or, Boarding-School Days. Her background in education seems to have shaped the warm, observant way she wrote about school life, friendship, and growing up.

She died in 1931. Though not widely known today, her books have remained accessible through library collections and public-domain archives, helping new readers discover a once-popular voice in children's literature.