Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1866, Grace S. Richmond was an American novelist who published popular fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Reliable reference sources identify her full name as Grace Louise Smith Richmond and note that she was especially known for romance and domestic fiction.

She is most closely associated with the Dr. Red Pepper Burns books, a series centered on an energetic country doctor, as well as On Christmas Day in the Morning, which helped keep her name familiar to later readers. Her background also seems to have shaped her fiction: major biographical sources describe her as the daughter of Baptist clergyman and author Charles Edward Smith, and later the wife of Nelson G. Richmond, a doctor.

Richmond died in 1959, leaving behind a body of work remembered for its warmth, everyday settings, and sympathetic view of family and community life. For listeners who enjoy classic popular fiction with heart and strong sense of place, her books still have an inviting charm.