Grace Ethelwyn Cody

Published as Grace Ethelwyn Cody, she is associated with the novel Jacquette, a Sorority Girl. Reliable biographical details are scarce, but available records indicate she was born in 1867.

A memorial record identifies her as Grace Ethelwyn Cody Parmelee, suggesting Cody was the name under which she published and Parmelee a later married name. Because so little personal information is easily confirmed, her reputation today rests mainly on the survival and reprinting of her fiction.

That limited record is part of what makes her interesting: she represents the many once-published authors whose books outlast the details of their lives. For modern listeners, her work offers a small but vivid connection to the reading tastes and social worlds of an earlier generation.