author
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
1857–1945
A bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and poet, she is remembered for clear-eyed stories of small-town life and for taking on moral and social questions that stirred her readers. Her fiction often brought everyday communities into sharp focus, especially the pressures placed on women and the pull between old values and modern change.
11 Audiobooks
The Awakening of Helena Richie
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Dr. Lavendar's People
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
The Wisdom of Fools
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
The Iron Woman
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
John Ward, Preacher
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
The Voice
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
The Way to Peace
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
The Vehement Flame
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
The Rising Tide
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
An Old Chester Secret
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
An Encore
by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
About the author
Born Margaretta Wade Campbell in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1857, she was orphaned soon after birth and raised by relatives. She studied art, spent time teaching drawing, and after marrying Lorin Fuller Deland in 1880, made her home largely in Boston.
She first published poetry, then broke through with John Ward, Preacher in 1888, a novel that drew wide attention for its treatment of religion and moral conflict. She went on to become a popular and prolific writer of novels, stories, and verse, often setting her work in closely observed small communities and using those settings to explore conscience, family life, and social change.
Beyond her literary career, she was also known for social reform work. She died in 1945, leaving behind a body of writing that helped define American literary realism for many readers of her time.