Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith

Born in 1866 and dying in 1947, Harriet Lummis Smith was an American writer whose work appeared in many forms, including poetry, short stories, newspaper pieces, and novels. She published under the name Harriet Lummis Smith and built a reputation as a dependable, versatile author with a gift for clear, inviting prose.

She is especially remembered today for continuing the world of Pollyanna in later books such as Pollyanna's Debt of Honour and Pollyanna's Jewels. Her writing career also included other fiction, showing how comfortably she moved between light domestic storytelling, magazine-style narrative, and longer popular fiction.

Although she is not as widely known now as some of her contemporaries, her career reflects the rich magazine and newspaper culture of her time. For listeners who enjoy early 20th-century popular writing, her work offers a friendly mix of sentiment, energy, and everyday human feeling.