Eleanor Emily Hodgman was born in
Littleton, New Hampshire, on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Llewella French ( Woolson) and Francis Fletcher Hodgman. She was trained as a singer, attending the
New England Conservatory for several years. In 1892 she married John Lyman Porter and relocated to
Massachusetts, after which she began writing and publishing her short stories and, later, novels. She died at her home in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 21, 1920, and was buried at
Mount Auburn Cemetery. ==Works==