Author: Sara Wood
Author: Sara Wood (1806–1889)
Biography: Sara Wood was born about 1806 in Hackney. She came from a family "long resident in the north of London" who professed Unitarianism. In middle age, she began a long career writing books for juvenile readers including fiction and nonfiction. She never married and outlived most of her family continuing to live in north London. She died after a long illness on 25 August 1889 in Putney.
References: British Census (1881); Mid-Surrey Gazette (14 September 1889)
Fiction Titles:
- Life's Lessons: A Tale. 1 vol. London: Charles Tilt, 1839.
- The Tests of Time: A Story of Social Life. 1 vol. London: John Green, 1843.
- The Amyotts' Home: or, Life in Childhood. 1 vol. London: Groombridge, 1850.
- Older and Wiser: or, Steps into Life. 1 vol. London: Groombridge, 1852.
- Pretty Poll: A Parrot's Own History. 1 vol. London: Addey, 1854.
- The Town of Toys, and Other Stories. 1 vol. London: Groombridge, 1863.