Were both Owen Wister and Edith Wharton American writers?
Owen Wister Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer, historian and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing "The Virginian" and a biography of American Civil War Lt. Gen. and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant.
Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy (or Emily Whitfield Croom Bellamy; pen name, Kamba Thorpe; 1837–1900) was an American novelist and essayist, born in Quincy, Florida, 17 April, 1839. She was educated in Springer Institute, New York City. She taught in a female seminary in Eutaw, Alabama, for several years. Bellamy wrote under the pen-name "Kamba Thorpe" (sometimes misspelled, "Kampa Thorpe") "Four Oaks" (New York, 1867), and "Little Joanna" (New York, 1876). Additional works included "Old Man Gilbert" (1888) and the "The Luck of the Pendennings" (1895, Ladies Home Journal). She contributed essays to the "Mobile Sunday Times". Bellamy died in 1900.