Author: Martha Young
Alternate names: Eli Shepperd; Martha Strudwick Young; Martha Young
Born: 1862
Died: 1941
Bio: From a bio by Barbara at Find a Grave: "Martha Strudwick Young was a writer of novels, short stories, children's books, and poetry. She was most widely known for her African-American dialect poems and stories, which were based on black southern legends and folk tales."