Kate Ferguson — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

American novelist, poet, and composer.
Author of the novel "Cliquot: A Racing Story of Ideal Beauty" (1889).
Author of the novel "Little Mose" (1891).
Wrote short stories, including "A Woman's Army Experience" (1898).

Biography

Catherine Sarah Ferguson (née Lee), better known by her pen name "Kate Lee Ferguson," was an American novelist, poet, and composer. Born on November 3, 1841, in Lexington, Kentucky, she was educated there. She married Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Wragg Ferguson of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on August 28, 1862, and accompanied him on his various campaigns.

Ferguson is best known as the author of the novels Cliquot (1889) and Little Mose (1891).