Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune

American author

Also known as: Mary Harland, Mary Virginia

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Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (born Dec. 21, 1830, Dennisville, Va., U.S.—died June 3, 1922, New York, N.Y.) was an American writer who achieved great success with both her romantic novels and her books and columns of advice for homemakers. Mary Hawes grew up in her hometown of Dennisville, Virginia, and from 1844 in nearby Richmond. She was well educated by private tutors and in her father’s library. Writing under the pseudonym Marion Harland, she published...