Grace King of New Orleans: A Selection of Her WritingsNot as well known as some of her contemporaries Mark Twain, George W. Cable, and Joel Chandler Harris, to name a few author and historian Grace King (1851 1932) was nonetheless highly praised in her own right. She garnered attention from such eminent critics as William Dean Howells, and her work frequently appeared in Harper's and Century Magazine. She published thirteen volumes of fiction, history, biography, and memoir. What contributed to King's