Howard, Blanche Willis (1847–1898)
Howard, Blanche Willis (1847–1898)
American author. Name variations: Countess von Teuffel. Born Blanche Willis Howard, July 21, 1847, in Bangor, Maine; died Oct 7, 1898, in Munich, Germany; dau. of Daniel Mosely Howard (insurance broker) and Eliza Anne (Hudson) Howard; m. Julius von Teuffel (court physician to King of Würtemburg), 1890 (died 1896); no children.
Published 1st novel One Summer (1875), which sold over 50,000 copies; settled in Stuttgart, Germany, and wrote romantic novels with European settings; also wrote Seven on the Highway (1897), Dionysius the Weaver's Heart's Dearest (1899), usually regarded as her best work, and The Garden of Eden (published posthumously, 1900); an accomplished pianist, was a friend of Wagner and Liszt.
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