author
Ellinor Davenport Adams
1858–1915
Best known for lively stories for girls, this British writer had a knack for seeing the world from a child’s point of view. Her fiction brings together school life, family feeling, and the small dramas of growing up.
1 Audiobook
A Girl of To-day
by Ellinor Davenport Adams
About the author
Born in Putney in 1858, Ellinor Davenport Adams was a British journalist and writer who became known mainly for fiction for girls. She was the daughter of the prolific author and journalist William Henry Davenport Adams, and writing seems to have been very much part of the family world she grew up in.
Her books were often told from a child’s perspective, which helps give them an immediate, observant feel. Readers remember her for stories of school life, friendship, and everyday young heroines, including works such as A Girl of To-day.
Some sources on the web disagree about her death year, but the most reliable source found here gives 11 April 1913 rather than 1915. I wasn’t able to confirm a suitable portrait photograph from the page images that were available, so no profile image is included.