Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840–94, American novelist, b. Claremont, N.H.; grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and author of a number of well-written and popular works, including the novels Anne (1882), East Angels (1886), and Jupiter Lights (1889), and the collections of short stories Castle Nowhere (1875) and The Front Yard (1895), the latter stories of Italy, where she spent much time. Woolson's style is realistic and unsentimental, often concerning those on the edge of society, unusual for a woman writer of her era.
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