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Margaret Cameron
1867–1947
Known for witty, light-footed writing and a flair for the stage, this American author also had a strong musical background. Her work ranged from humorous fiction and plays to an unusual nonfiction book on psychic experiences.
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The Seven Purposes: An Experience in Psychic Phenomena
by Margaret Cameron
About the author
Born on December 21, 1867, Margaret Cameron was an American writer and musician whose work often leaned toward humor. She was also known by her married names Margaret Lewis and Margaret Kilvert, and her career moved across fiction, drama, and nonfiction.
Cameron wrote novels, short fiction, and one-act plays, and contemporary readers especially noted her as a humorist. Among her books are The Pretender Person and A Pipe of Peace, while The Seven Purposes shows a different side of her interests through its account of psychic phenomena.
She died on February 4, 1947. Though she is not widely read today, her mix of comic writing, theatrical work, and curiosity about spiritual subjects gives her a distinctive place among early 20th-century American authors.