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Frank N. (Frank Nash) Westcott
1858–1915
A clergyman-novelist with a feel for small-town life, he wrote fiction that reached a wide audience while also publishing thoughtful works on church history and belief. His best-known novels, Hepsey Burke and Dabney Todd, helped keep his name alive after his death.
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Hepsey Burke
by Frank N. (Frank Nash) Westcott
About the author
Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1858, Frank Nash Westcott was an Episcopal minister as well as a writer. He served at St. James Protestant Episcopal Church in Skaneateles, and his writing moved between religious subjects and popular fiction.
Westcott published several books on Catholicism and the American church, but he is best remembered for his novels Hepsey Burke and Dabney Todd. His work often drew on everyday characters and community life, giving his stories an approachable, lived-in warmth.
He was also part of a notably literary family: his brother Edward Noyes Westcott wrote the well-known novel David Harum. No clearly identifiable portrait of Frank N. Westcott was confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no author photo is included here.