author
Frances Lester Warner
b. 1888
A writer of light, observant prose, she is best remembered for witty books about everyday personalities and social frictions, including work written with her sister, Gertrude Chandler Warner. Her writing often turns ordinary misunderstandings into warm, recognizable comedy.
2 Audiobooks
Life's Minor Collisions
by Frances Lester Warner, Gertrude Chandler Warner
Pilgrim Trails: A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook
by Frances Lester Warner
About the author
Born in Connecticut in 1888, Frances Lester Warner was an American author and educator. Library of Congress authority records identify her as the author of Endicott and I and as co-author, with her sister Gertrude Chandler Warner, of Life's Minor Collisions. Online bibliographic records also show other works connected with her, including Pilgrim Trails: A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook and Groups and Couples.
Warner wrote in a friendly, humorous mode, often focusing on the small clashes and quirks of family life and social behavior. That gift for noticing the comedy in ordinary situations is especially visible in Life's Minor Collisions, a collaborative book that has remained the work most often linked to her name.
Some reference sources describe her as both an author and an educator, and list her birth year as 1888 and death year as 1971. A clear, verifiable portrait image was not available from the sources I could confirm, so no profile image is included here.