Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
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Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (nom de plume Seeley Regester) (March 2, 1831–June 26, 1885) is credited with authoring of one of the first detective novels in the United States. She wrote over 100 dime novels, pioneering the field.[1]
Her husband was publishing pioneer Orville James Victor; her sister was novelist, feminist, and historian of the Pacific Northwest Frances Fuller Victor.
She died of cancer on June 26, 1885, in Hohokus, New Jersey, and was buried there in Valleau Cemetery.[1]
Her noteworthy work is A Bad Boy's Diary. (1880)
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Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller — ▪ American author née Metta Victoria Fuller born March 2, 1831, Erie, Pa., U.S. died June 26, 1885, Hohokus, N.J. American writer of popular fiction who is remembered as the author of many impassioned works on social ills and of a number… … Universalium
Victor, Frances Auretta Fuller — ▪ American author and historian née Frances Auretta Fuller born May 23, 1826, Rome, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 14, 1902, Portland, Ore. American writer and historian who wrote prolifically, and sometimes without acknowledgement, on the history… … Universalium
Orville James Victor — (October 23, 1827 in Sandusky, Ohio – March 14, 1910 in Ho Ho Kus, New Jersey) was a U.S. theologian, journalist, editor and Abolitionist.[1] He is cited as the originator of the dime novel.[citation needed] During the American Civil War he wrote … Wikipedia
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