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Evelyn Snead Barnett

d. 1921

A Louisville writer remembered for warm-hearted fiction and early mystery work, she also helped build a lively literary community around her. Her surviving books include the children's story Jerry's Reward and the 1909 novel The Dragnet.

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Jerry's Reward

Jerry's Reward

by Evelyn Snead Barnett

About the author

Evelyn Snead Barnett was an American author born in 1854 and died in 1921. Records for her published work and library catalogs connect her with books including Mrs. Délire's Euchre Party, Jerry's Reward, and The Dragnet, showing a range that seems to have included short fiction, children's writing, and mystery.

She was closely tied to Louisville, Kentucky. A later Filson Historical Society article about the city's literary scene remembers her as the founder of the Authors Club of Louisville, with meetings gathered around her dining table, and notes that she spent years editing the book page of the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Even though she is not widely known today, traces of her career remain in digital archives, library collections, and reprints of her books. Those sources suggest a writer who was part of both the creative and community side of literary life, encouraging other authors while producing stories of her own.