author
Ethel Cook Eliot
1890–1972
Best known for the classic fantasy novel The Wind Boy, this early 20th-century writer created stories for children, teens, and adults with a gentle, imaginative touch. Her work ranges from fairy-tale adventures to mysteries and later novels, showing an unusually wide reach across genres.
4 Audiobooks
The Little House in the Fairy Wood
by Ethel Cook Eliot
The Vanishing Comrade: A Mystery Story for Girls
by Ethel Cook Eliot
Green Doors
by Ethel Cook Eliot
Ariel Dances
by Ethel Cook Eliot
About the author
Born in 1890, Ethel Cook Eliot was an American author whose books included children's fantasy, mystery fiction, and adult novels. Reliable catalog and reference sources connect her with works such as The Little House in the Fairy Wood, The House Above the Trees, The Wind Boy, Ariel Dances, and Green Doors.
Her best-known book today is The Wind Boy, first published in 1923. The novel later returned to print, which helped keep her name alive for new generations of readers who enjoy older fantasy with a warm, dreamlike feeling.
Eliot died in 1972. Although biographical details about her are not widely preserved online, the record of her books suggests a writer who moved comfortably between magical children's tales and fiction for older readers.