Adeline Margaret Tesky (c. 1855 - 21 March 1924) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer.

Biography

Tesky was born in Appleton, a community within the town of Mississippi Mills, Ontario. Her father was Thomas Appleton Tesky a farmer, and her mother was Elisabeth Kerfoot. She attended

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in Lima, New York. She remained single throughout her life. Tesky died of a stroke on March 21, 1924.

Career

Starting in 1900, Tesky taught for two years at Alma Ladies' College in

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. She then became a full-time writer, writing seven novels between 1901 and 1913. Tesky also contributed a number of short stories and poems to various magazines and publications. Her stories regarding rural, farm life are in the style of the

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Bibliography

* ''Where the Sugar Maple Grows'' (1901) * ''The Village Artist'' (1905) * ''Alexander McBain, B.A., Prince in Pernury'' (1906) * ''A Little Child Shall Lead Them'' (1911) * ''The Yellow Pearl: a Story of the East and the West'' (1911) * ''The Little Celestial'' (1912) * ''Candlelight Days'' (1913)

References

Sources

* McMullen & Campbell, 'New Women: Short Stories by Canadian Women', 1900-1920 (1991), pp. 19–20 * Sandy Campbell, 'Change and the Kailyard: The Fiction of Adeline M. Teskey', Canadian Literature 127 (Winter 1990): 189-93 * Morgan, Henry, 'Canadian Men and Women of the Time' (1912) * 'Woman's Who's Who of America (1914–15)' * Watters, 'Checklist of Canadian Literature...1620-1960' (1970), p. 405 1850s births 1924 deaths 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian short story writers Canadian women novelists McGill University Faculty of Science alumni Writers from Ontario Canadian women short story writers {{Canada-writer-stub