Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller

Born in Boston on March 1, 1855, Mary Ella Waller became a writer whose work ranged widely across fiction, children's literature, and translation. Reliable reference sources describe her as an American writer and educator from New England, and note that she published under forms of her name including M. E. Waller and Mary E. Waller.

Waller's books often drew on regional settings and everyday character, which gave her fiction a strong sense of place. She wrote more than twenty novels, and The Wood-Carver of 'Lympus is regularly identified as her most famous title. Alongside her novels, she also produced children's stories and translations of German verse, showing a literary career broader than a single genre.

She died in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on June 14, 1938. Though she is less widely read today than some of her contemporaries, her work remains part of the rich tradition of New England writing and is still remembered through library collections, literary reference works, and public-domain editions.