Harriet Mann Miller

American author
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Also known as: Harriet M. Miller, Harriet Mann, Oliver Thorne, Oliver Thorne Miller
Quick Facts
Née:
Harriet Mann
Pseudonym:
Olive Thorne, Harriet M. Miller, or Olive Thorne Miller
Born:
June 25, 1831, Auburn, N.Y., U.S.
Died:
Dec. 25, 1918, Los Angeles, Calif. (aged 87, died on this day)
Notable Works:
“Bird-Ways”

Harriet Mann Miller (born June 25, 1831, Auburn, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 25, 1918, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American children’s author whose writing tended to either heartrending fiction about desolate children or lively, factual nature pieces. Harriet Mann grew up in various towns as her itinerant father drifted from place to place, and her schooling was consequently irregular. In 1854 she married Watts T. Miller. She devoted a number of years to domestic cares, but her childhood interest in story writing reasserted itself. Following her first story published in 1870, she published hundreds of stories and articles for children over ...(100 of 268 words)