Portrait of Susan Coolidge

Susan Coolidge

American writer

Lived
1835–1905

Updated September 2026

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About Susan Coolidge

Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, known by her pen name Susan Coolidge, was an American children's author, known for her novel What Katy Did (1872).

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