Louise Lamprey

Over five summers between 1912 and 1919 Lamprey worked as a lecturer, storyteller and craft teacher at various New England summer camps, including Laughing Loon Camp in East Waterboro in Maine, the Limerick Campfire Girls and The Bluebird in East Berkshire in Vermont.

As a result of these activities Lamprey was drawn to writing children’s books, specifically historical fiction.

[2] She visited England and Scotland during 1912 to 1914 and while in London she undertook office work and writing before commencing her career as an author of books for children.

Of her book The Tomahawk Trail (1934), a reviewer for The New York Times wrote: “Miss Lamprey is known for the careful historical backgrounds in her stories, filled in with authentic detail.

Louise Lamprey died at Limerick, Maine in 1951 and was buried with her parents in Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire.