She also wrote book reviews and other articles for various periodicals including New Orleans Picayune, Munsey's Magazine, Baltimore News, and New York Press.

Della Campbell MacLeod was born on the French Bend Plantation, Greenwood, Mississippi, on the Yazoo River,[4] ca.

[4] Her education progressed through interruptions, ending with a year at a fashionable finishing school.

[6] Soon after finishing her education, MacLeod began her career writing book reviews for the New Orleans Picayune,[7] and serving as Assistant Sunday editor (1905–06).

Another year in the Southern United States intervened before her return to New York, where she became a member of the Munsey's Magazine staff.