Adele E. Thompson

Adele Eugenia Thompson was an American writer, based in Ohio, best known for a series of historical novels for young readers.

Biography

Thompson was born in Middlefield, Ohio, the daughter of James Madison Thompson and Phebe S. Tracy Thompson. Thompson wrote historical novels for girls, often with young American heroines. She was president of the Cleveland Writers' Club, later known as the Cleveland Women's Press Club. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Thompson died in 1929, at the age of 79. Some of her papers are in the Thompson Family Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society.