author
Frances Little
1863–1941
Best known for a novel inspired by years spent in Japan, this Kentucky-born writer brought early-1900s readers a vivid, personal view of everyday life in Hiroshima. Her most famous book, The Lady of the Decoration, became a major success and helped define her literary reputation.
6 Audiobooks
The Lady of the Decoration
by Frances Little
Little Sister Snow
by Frances Little
The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration
by Frances Little
Mr. Bamboo and the Honorable Little God A Christmas Story
by Frances Little
Lumihiutale : (Little Sister Snow)
by Frances Little
About the author
Writing under the name Frances Little, Fannie Caldwell Macaulay was an American author born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, on November 22, 1863. She is most closely associated with The Lady of the Decoration (1906), a novel drawn from her experiences living in Hiroshima, Japan, from 1902 to 1907.
Her work often centered on cross-cultural encounters, especially between American and Japanese life, and readers of her time responded warmly to the mix of observation, storytelling, and humor in her books. She later lived in Louisville, Kentucky, and continued publishing fiction after her debut success.
Macaulay died on January 6, 1941. Though she is not as widely known today as some of her contemporaries, her writing remains interesting for the way it introduced many American readers to Japan in the early twentieth century.