Frances Barton Fox

Frances Barton Fox was born in Bullitt County, Kentucky, on January 19, 1887, into a prominent family with strong ties to Louisville. She spent much of her life in New York but later returned to Louisville, where she died in 1967.

Fox’s best-known book, The Heart of Arethusa, was published in 1918 and dedicated to fellow Kentucky writer George Madden Martin. She also wrote short stories and poems, and published the novel Ridgeways under the pen name Frances Renard.