Florence Carpenter Dieudonné

Florence Carpenter Dieudonné, also listed in library records as Florence Lucinda Carpenter Dieudonné (1850–1927), was an American author remembered today for her novel Rondah; or, Thirty-three Years in a Star, published in Philadelphia in 1887.

That book has survived through major library catalogs and reprints, which is why her name still appears in discussions of early science fiction and utopian fiction. Confirmed biographical details are scarce, so much of her life remains lightly documented, but her work continues to stand out as an example of ambitious nineteenth-century imaginative writing.

For listeners who enjoy rediscovered authors, she offers the appeal of a writer from the late 1800s whose surviving reputation rests on a single unusual novel that has outlived its era.