Olive Harper

Olive Harper
Olive Harper c.1887
Olive Harper c.1887
BornEllen Burrell
(1842-09-28)September 28, 1842
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
DiedMay 2, 1915(1915-05-02) (aged 72)
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Writer
  • Poet

Olive Harper (September 28, 1842 – May 2, 1915), the alias of Ellen Burrell D'Apery, was an American journalist, writer, and poet. Her novels comprise mystery, detective, and science fiction stories, including A Fair Californian (1889), The Show Girl: Or, the Cap of Fortune (1902), and The Sociable Ghost (1903). She also wrote novelizations of various plays, primarily written by Owen Davis, including The Gambler of the West (1906) and King of the Bigamists (1909).