Sally Wood

For those of a similar name, see Sara Wood.
Sally Wood
Born Sarah Sayward Barrell Keating Wood
(1759-10-01)October 1, 1759
York, Maine
Died January 6, 1854(1854-01-06) (aged 94)
Pen name A Lady of Massachusetts
A Lady of Maine, Madame Wood
Occupation Novelist
Language English
Nationality United States American
Genre Gothic fiction
Spouse Richard Keating (1778–1783)
General Abiel Wood (d. 1811)
Children 2 daughters and 1 son

Sarah "Sally" Sayward Barrell Keating Wood (October 1, 1759 January 6, 1854) was an American novelist. She is considered the first American female writer of gothic fiction.[1]

She was born in York, Maine, the first daughter of Sarah Sayward Barrell and the British army officer Nathaniel Barrell, but was heavily influenced by her wealthy grandfather, Judge Jonathan Sayward. On October 23, 1778 she was married to Richard Keating, who died of a fever five years later.[1] The couple had two daughters and a son. Later she married General Abiel Wood.[2] He died in 1811, and Sally thereafter moved to Portland, Maine.[3]

Sally Wood was an author of gothic novels who wrote under the pen name "A Lady of Massachusetts". After Maine became a state in 1820, she changed her pen name to "A Lady of Maine". To her readers, however, she was better known as Madame Wood.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dictionary of Literary Biography on Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood". BookRags. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  2. 1 2 "Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood". Maine Public Broadcastinbg Network. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  3. Dunnack, Henry Ernest (1920). The Maine book. Augusta, Maine.


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