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Eva Annie Madden

b. 1863

A Kentucky-born writer and early New York newspaper journalist, she moved easily between education, journalism, drama, and children's fiction. Her work reflects the wide-ranging career of a woman who wrote across several genres at a time when that was far from ordinary.

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Two Royal Foes

Two Royal Foes

by Eva Annie Madden

About the author

Eva Anne Madden (October 26, 1863 – January 22, 1958) was an American educator, journalist, playwright, and author. Born in Trimble County, Kentucky, near Bedford, she was the daughter of Frank and Anne Louise Mackenzie Madden and the older sister of novelist George Madden Martin.

She is remembered in part as one of the first women newspaper journalists in New York City. Alongside journalism, she wrote plays and books, including children's stories and novels such as The Little Queen, Stephen, and The I Can School.

Her career shows an unusual range for her era: teaching, reporting, writing for the stage, and publishing fiction. That mix gives her work a lively historical interest today, especially for readers curious about overlooked American women writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.