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Vera
b. 1865
A little-known Canadian novelist published under the single name “Vera,” leaving behind a pair of Ottawa novels from the early 1880s. The surviving record is slim, but the books suggest a writer interested in domestic drama and city life.
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The Doctor's Daughter
by Vera
About the author
Published simply as Vera, this author is identified in library and archive records as being born in 1865. Two novels linked to that name are Honor Edgeworth; or, Ottawa's Present Tense (1882) and The Doctor's Daughter (1885).
The available sources do not reveal much more with confidence, and I could not confirm a fuller personal biography from reliable records. What can be said is that Vera appears to have been an early Canadian novelist whose work was published in Ottawa and preserved through later library and microfilm projects.
Because the author seems to have written under a pseudonym and the documented trail is very sparse, many personal details remain uncertain. That air of mystery is part of the appeal: the novels survive, even if the life behind the name is still mostly hidden.