Evelyn Raymond

An American writer of juvenile fiction and short stories, she was born Evelyn Hunt in Watertown, New York, on November 6, 1843. Sources available during this search identify her as having been educated in private schools and at Mount Holyoke College, and later as a writer associated with Baltimore, Maryland.

Her fiction was especially aimed at young readers, and many of her books center on girls whose adventures unfold in schools, homes, small towns, and western settings. Titles linked to her include A Daughter of the West, Reels and Spindles, The Story of Delight, and the Dorothy Chester books, which helped make her a recognizable name in popular girls' fiction around the turn of the 20th century.

She died in 1910, but her work has remained easy to discover through digitized editions and public-domain collections. That lasting availability makes her a rewarding author for listeners curious about the spirited, morally grounded storytelling that shaped so much classic American fiction for young readers.