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Miriam Coles Harris
1834–1925
Best remembered for the once-anonymous novel Rutledge, this 19th-century American writer turned a wish for privacy into a burst of public curiosity. Her fiction, children’s stories, and devotional books helped build a steady literary career that lasted for decades.
3 Audiobooks
Richard Vandermarck: A Novel
by Miriam Coles Harris
Rutledge
by Miriam Coles Harris
Missy: A Novel
by Miriam Coles Harris
About the author
Born on July 7, 1834, in Glen Cove on Long Island, she was an American novelist who published fiction, a children’s book, and devotional works. She is most often linked with Rutledge (1860), a novel she first released anonymously.
That anonymity backfired in an interesting way: speculation over the book’s authorship stirred up even more attention, and several people reportedly claimed to be its author. Rather than seeking the spotlight, she generally avoided publicity, which makes that early burst of literary excitement especially memorable.
She later wrote under her married name, Mrs. Sidney S. Harris, and continued publishing novels across the 19th century. She died on January 23, 1925, in Pau, France.