Helen Knipe Carpenter (December 6, 1881 – February 15, 1959) was an illustrator and writer active in the early 20th century noted for her

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illustrations and her adaptations of

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s to novels. Born Helen Alden Knipe on December 6, 1881, in

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, Pennsylvania, a granddaughter of the novelist T. S. Arthur,"Just Gossip" column in ''

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'', Sunday, June 2, 1907, Vol. 156, Issue no. 153, p. 8. she studied at the

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under the tutelage of

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and

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."Society Women to Pose in Living Pictures after Old Masters, Well-Known Members of Smart Set Will Take Part in Interesting Tableaux for Benefit of Fellowship of Academy of the Fine Arts" (with photo) in ''

'', Wednesday, December 20, 1905, Vol. 153, Issue no. 173, p. 2. She married writer, playwright, and director

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on June 1, 1907, in Philadelphia where they lived and worked for a number of years, summering in Connecticut.Biographical Notes, "Carpenter, Helen (Alden) K(nipe)" in ''The General Fiction Magazine Index'', www.philsp.com/homeville/gfi/z10.htm, accessed March 3, 2018. Her works span the period from the late

period through the 1940s.

Works

* Illustrator * Author Carpenter died on February 15, 1959, in

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. She and her husband

are interred in Town Hill Cemetery in

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