Sally Wood (1759 - 1855)

Sally Wood

Sally Wood, full name Sarah Sayward Barrell Keating Wood, is an American author.

In her long life, Sally wrote four novels and one collection of fairy tales. She is considered the first American writer of gothic fiction. She signed her novels "The Lady from Massachusetts" or "The Lady from Maine". The first, entitled Julia and the Enlightened Baron, was published in 1800.