author
Josephine Scribner Gates
1859–1930
Best remembered for imaginative stories about dolls that seem wonderfully alive, this Ohio-born writer became a popular name in American children's literature around the turn of the twentieth century. Her books mix playfulness, fantasy, and a warm feeling for childhood make-believe.
2 Audiobooks
The Story of Live Dolls
by Josephine Scribner Gates
The Story of the Mince Pie
by Josephine Scribner Gates
About the author
Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1859, she was the daughter of lawyer Charles H. Scribner and Mary E. Morehouse Scribner. In 1869 her family moved to Toledo, and she later married Charles H. Gates in 1881.
She is generally described as an American children's writer, and she was especially known for her doll stories, including The Story of Live Dolls and other books in the same lively, imaginative vein. Historical summaries describe her as a very popular writer of children's books at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Josephine Scribner Gates died in 1930. Her work still has an old-fashioned charm, especially for readers who enjoy fantasy, toy stories, and classic juvenile fiction from the early 1900s.