Emilie Blackmore Stapp

Emilie Blackmore Stapp (1876–1962) was an American children's author and philanthropist whose writing career spanned over 50 years. She was born in Madison, Indiana, on July 4, 1876, and died June 29, 1962, in Wiggins, Mississippi, where she is buried. Her first book Bread and 'Lasses: Sketches of Child Life was published in 1902.