Eleanor H. Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist.
Born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1920.
Porter mainly wrote childrens literature, including three Miss Billy books (Miss Billy, Miss Billys Decision, and Miss Billy Married), Just David (1916), Six Star Ranch (1916), Cross Currents (1928), and The Turn of the Tide (1908).
Her most famous novel is Pollyanna (1913), later followed by a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Her adult novels include The Turn of the Tide (1908), The Road to Understanding (1916), Oh Money! Money! (1917), Dawn (1918), Keiths Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920), The Story of Marco (1920), and Sister Sue (1921); her short stories include "Money, Love and Kate" (1924). Porter achieved considerable commercial success: in 1913, Pollyanna ranked eighth among bestselling novels in the United States, second in 1914, and fourth in 1915 (it went through forty-seven printings between 1915 and 1920); in 1916, Just David ranked third; in 1917, The Road to Understanding ranked fourth; in 1918, Oh Money! Money! ranked fifth.
Eleanor H. Porter Books provides the works of Eleanor H. Porter as listed below:
A Delayed Heritage
A Four-Footed Faith and a Two
A Matter of System
A Mushroom of Collingsville
A Patron of Art
Across the Years
Angelus
Crumbs
Dawn
Just David
Mary Marie
Millionaire Mikes Thanksgiving
Miss Billy
Miss Billy Married
Miss Billys Decision
Oh, Money! Money!
Pollyanna
Pollyanna Grows Up
That Angel Boy
The Apple of Her Eye
The Daltons and the Legacy
The Elephants Board and Keep
The Folly of Wisdom
The Glory and the Sacrifice
The Indivisible Five
The Lady in Black
The Letter
The Saving of Dad
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch
When Mother Fell Ill
When Polly Ann Played Santa Claus
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