Question: Facts: - death place: newark , new jersey , u.s. - resting place: mt. pleasant cemetery , newark - caption: photo from the new york public library - death date: 18 july 1916 - birth date: 14 july 1831 - name: amanda minnie douglas - image size: 225px - image: amanda minnie douglas signed.jpg - birth place: new york city , new york , u.s. - religion: episcopalian - occupation: author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of amanda minnie douglas .
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amanda minnie douglas -lrb- july 14 , 1831 -- july 18 , 1916 -rrb- was an american writer of adult and juvenile fiction .she was probably best remembered by young readers of her day for the '' little girl '' and '' helen grant '' series published over the decades flanking the turn of the twentieth century .