Woolson, Constance Fenimore (1840–1894)

US writer; Born in Claremont, New Hampshire (the great-niece of James Fenimore Cooper), her family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, when she was young, and she studied there and in New York, New York. She travelled with her mother in various parts of the USA and wrote travel sketches and regional stories for periodicals, such as Castle Nowhere: Lake Country Sketches (1875). She lived in Europe from 1879, where she became a friend of Henry James (who portrayed her in The Aspern Papers). She also wrote novels, including For the Major (1883), short stories, and poetry. After a serious illness she committed suicide in Venice, Italy.