Eleanor H. Porter | |
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Born | Eleanor Emily Hodgman December 19, 1868 Littleton, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Died | May 21, 1920 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 51)
Occupation | Novelist |
Years active | 1901–1920[1] |
Notable works | Pollyanna (1913) |
Spouse |
John Lyman Porter (m. 1892) |
Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was best known as the creator of the Polyanna series of books, starting with Pollyanna (1913), which were a popular phenomenon.[1]