Grace Denio Litchfield

Background

Litchfield, Grace Denio was born on November 19, 1849 in New York City. Daughter of Edwin C. and Grace Hill (Hubbard) Litchfield. Author: Only an Incident, 1883.

Career

Much of her early years were spent in Europe. Her first book, Only an Incident, was published in 1883, although she had begun writing much earlier. Her account of an earthquake on the French Riviera, In the Crucible, was published in 1897.

Her poems and stories were published in many popular magazines of the day, including Harper"s and the Atlantic.

Eventually returning to the United States, she lived in Washington District of Columbia for fifty years. She also kept a summer home on Central New York"s Lake Minnewaska.

Litchfield died in Goshen, New York on December 4, 1944.

Achievements

• Grace Denio Litchfield has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Father:

Edwin C. Only

Mother:

Grace Hill (Hubbard) Litchfield. Author: Only