author
Miriam Coles Harris
1834–1925
A 19th-century American novelist who unexpectedly found fame when her debut was published anonymously, she went on to write fiction, children’s stories, and devotional books. Her work links domestic fiction with a darker, more suspenseful strain that still interests readers today.
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 in 1834 on Long Island, Miriam Coles Harris was an American writer whose first novel, Rutledge, drew wide attention after appearing without her name. The anonymity sparked curiosity and even false claims of authorship, giving the book more notice than she had intended.
Harris continued to write novels along with a book of children's stories and two devotional works. She has often been remembered for Rutledge in particular, with modern readers noting its Gothic atmosphere alongside its place in 19th-century American popular fiction.
She married Sidney S. Harris in 1864 and later lived part of her life abroad. Harris died in Pau, France, in 1925.