Myra Williams Jarrell

Born in 1867, Myra Williams Jarrell was an American author associated with Kansas. Surviving catalog records and library entries confirm two published books: Book of Ramblings: Bits of Homely Philosophy Written for My Friends, the Public (1913) and the novel Meg, of Valencia.

The title Book of Ramblings gives a good sense of her voice: informal, reflective, and directed toward ordinary readers rather than a narrow literary circle. Her work suggests a writer interested in sharing observation and feeling in a direct, approachable way.

Jarrell died in 1937. While only a limited public record is easy to confirm today, the books that remain show a writer who moved between friendly essay-like prose and fiction, leaving a small but distinctive mark in American literary history.