O'Meara, Kathleen (1839–1888)
O'Meara, Kathleen (1839–1888)
Irish novelist and biographer. Name variations: (pseudonym) Grace Ramsay. Born Kathleen O'Meara, 1839, in Dublin, Ireland; died Nov 10, 1988, in Paris, France; dau. of Dennis O'Meara; granddau. of Barry Edward O'Meara (surgeon in the British navy and medical attendant to Napoleon at St. Helena).
At 5, moved to Paris with parents, where she would continue to live; under pseudonym Grace Ramsey, published 1st novel, A Woman's Trials (1867); probably best known for novel Narka: A Story of Russian Life, as well as The Bells of the Sanctuary, which contain sketches of Catholic men and women; was a Paris correspondent to The Tablet and frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly.
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