George A. (George Abiah) Hibbard

Born in Buffalo in 1858, George Abiah Hibbard was an American short-story writer whose work appeared in the 1890s. Reference sources identify him as the author of Iduna, and Other Stories, and surviving library records place him among the magazine and book writers of his time.

Several of his story collections were published by major New York houses, including Iduna, and Other Stories (1891), The Governor, and Other Stories (1892), and Nowadays and Other Stories (1893). His writing was also linked with Harper’s, and his name continues to surface in literary archives and public-domain libraries.

Hibbard did not write only fiction. In 1896 he published Lenox, a short book describing the Massachusetts town, showing an interest in place as well as character and story. He died in 1928.