Marie Robinson Wright

Born in Newnan, Georgia, in 1853, Marie Robinson Wright became an American journalist, traveler, and author known for writing detailed books on countries including Mexico, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Brazil. Contemporary and later reference sources describe her as especially valued for observation-based writing drawn from extensive travel.

Before focusing on international travel books, she worked in journalism and magazine publishing. Her career grew into a remarkably public one: sources note that she served as a delegate or representative to international expositions and belonged to learned societies in several countries.

Wright died in 1914. Today she is remembered as a prolific travel writer whose books introduced English-language readers to parts of Latin America through richly descriptive, on-the-ground reporting.