Emilie Benson Knipe

Emilie Benson Knipe was an American author, illustrator, and artist associated with children’s books. Sources available here identify her as active in both writing and illustration, and note that she was also known for collaborative work with her husband, Alden Arthur Knipe.

Her author pages describe a career that began with illustrating children’s stories for magazines before expanding into books. The record on Wikisource notes that she and Alden Arthur Knipe co-authored many stories, with some first appearing in St. Nicholas Magazine, which helps place her work in the lively world of early 20th-century juvenile publishing.

There is some inconsistency in the available sources about her birth year, so it is safest to say that she lived from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century and built a career that joined visual art with storytelling. That mix of illustration and narrative is part of what still makes her work feel distinctive.