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Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
1840–1928
A popular American storyteller of the late 19th century, she built her reputation on short fiction published in major magazines of the 1870s through 1890s. Her work often reached a wide general audience, and collections such as Tiger Lily and Other Stories helped preserve it for later readers.
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Tiger Lily, and Other Stories
by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
About the author
Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer was an American writer best known for short stories that appeared in magazines including The Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's Monthly, and The Century Magazine. Born in Deering, Maine, in 1842, she later lived in Washington, D.C., where she moved in literary circles and formed a friendship with Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Her fiction was widely read in its day, and Tiger Lily and Other Stories collected some of the work that first made her name. One of her stories, The Major's Appointment, was adapted for the stage in the 1890s, and another, A Story of Two Lives, was adapted for television in 1953.
Schayer's family also remained active in the arts: her daughter Leonora Speyer became a poet and violinist, and her son Richard Schayer became a screenwriter. She died in 1928. No reliable portrait image was confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no author photo is included here.