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Kate Lee Ferguson
1841–1928
A 19th-century American writer with a flair for storytelling, she is best remembered for the novels Cliquot and Little Mose. Her work also reached into poetry and music, giving her a creative range that still feels distinctive today.
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Cliquot: A Racing Story of Ideal Beauty
by Kate Lee Ferguson
About the author
Born Catherine Sarah Lee on November 3, 1841, she wrote under the name Kate Lee Ferguson and built a varied career as an American novelist, poet, and composer. She is most often associated with Cliquot (1889) and Little Mose (1891), works that kept her name in circulation long after their first publication.
She had strong Southern family ties and spent much of her life connected to Mississippi. Accounts of her career describe her as active across several forms of writing, not just fiction, which helps explain why her legacy sits at the crossroads of literature and music.
Kate Lee Ferguson died on May 30, 1928. Though she is not as widely read now as some of her contemporaries, she remains an interesting figure for listeners and readers who enjoy rediscovering overlooked American authors from the late 19th century.