Louise Lamprey

Born in Alexandria, New Hampshire, Louise Lamprey was the pen name of Lunnette Emeline Lamprey. She studied at Concord High School and earned her bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1891 before going on to work as a teacher, journalist, and writer.

She became best known for children's historical fiction and nonfiction that opened faraway times and places to younger readers. Her books include The Childhood of Rome, In the Days of the Guild, and Days of the Discoverers, and her work was noted for drawing on history and material culture to make the past feel vivid and human.

Lamprey also spent years in Maine, where archival collections and state literary records preserve details of her life and career. She died in 1951, leaving behind a body of writing that introduced generations of children to history through story.