Cooke, Grace Macgowan

Grace MacGowan Cooke (1863-1944) was born in Grand Rapids, Ohio, and her family resettled in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1865. She was in her mid-twenties when her writing was first published, and by the turn of the century she was an established author, with works appearing in 'Harper's, ' 'Munsey's, ' and the 'Atlantic Monthly.' At the age of 43, she left her husband and her Appalachian roots behind to pursue a career as a writer in New York City. She later lived with her two daughters and sister in artists' colonies in Englewood, New Jersey, and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Elizabeth S.D.