Author: Brooks, Mary Elizabeth
Biography:
BROOKS, Mary Elizabeth, formerly Aiken (fl 1828-9)
Born in Poughkeepsie NY, she was educated at Troy NY, at the school run by Emma Willard (q.v.). She contributed poetry to periodicals under the pseudonym "Norma." In 1828, she married James Gordon Brooks (q.v.) and they brought out a volume of verse together--the long title poem being hers. (RPW) HJ
Other Names:
- Mary E. Brooks
Books written (2):
New York: printed by J. and J. Harper, 1829
New York/ Philadelphia: Collins and Hannay, Collins and Co., G. and C. and H. Carvill/ Carey, Lea and Carey, Tower and Hogan, John Grigg, E. Littell, McCarty and Davis, and U. Hunt, 1829