Margaret Horton Potter

Margaret Horton Potter (pseudonym, Robert Dolly Williams; May 20, 1881[1] – December 22, 1911) was an American novelist, specializing in historical fiction.

[3] She was educated at a local prep school and "pursued advanced studies under a private tutor".

[1] Potter was a teenager when R. R. Donnelley and Sons published her novel A Social Lion (1899),[4] under the pseudonym Robert Dolly Williams.

[5][6] It features a wealthy Chicago writer who "lives in fear ... that a past alliance will be discovered and bring him social disgrace.

"[5] Modeled on actual people and events in Chicago society, it was considered such a scandalous tale that her family tried (unsuccessfully) to prevent its publication.