Fannie Belle Irving

Fannie Belle Irving was an American author associated with the late 19th century. The work most clearly linked to her in major library and public-domain catalogs is Six Girls: A Home Story, originally published in 1881.

Although detailed biographical information appears to be scarce online, her surviving novel suggests a writer interested in domestic life, young women’s experiences, and the small dramas of home. Modern readers are most likely to encounter her through Project Gutenberg, library collections, and reprints of Six Girls.

Because so little verified background is readily available, Irving remains one of those authors known more through the endurance of a single book than through a well-documented public life. That adds a certain curiosity to her work: the story has lasted, even when the author herself has become hard to trace.