Margaret W.C. Deland

Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.

She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.

She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pennsylvania.

Published books by Margaret Deland

Poetry

• The Old Garden and other verses (1886)

Novels

• John Ward, Preacher (1888)
• Dr. Lavender's People (1903)
• The Awakening of Helena Richie (1906)
• The Iron Woman (1911)
• Partners (1913)
• Small Things (1919)
• The Promises of Alice (1919)
• The Vehement Flame (1922)
• Captain Archer's Daughter (1932)

Short story collections

• Mr. Tommy Dove, and other stories (1893)
• Old Chester Tales (1898)
• Around Old Chester (1915)
• New Friends in Old Chester (1924)
• Old Chester Days (1935)

Autobiography

• If This Be I (1935)
• Golden Yesterdays (1941)