Mary Spear Nicholas Tiernan

Mary Spear Nicholas Tiernan (February 14, 1835 - January 13, 1891) was a 19th-century American writer. Her earliest contributions to literature appeared in Bledsoe's "Southern Review." Her first novel, Homoselle, was the most popular and successful of the "Round Robin Series." Tiernan, encouraged with the reception with which her first novel had met, entered upon an active career, writing for "The Century" and "Harper's Magazine" and publishing two additional novels, Sousette and Jack Horner, 1890. The last of these included a second edition.[1]

Mary Spear Nicolas Tiernan
Born	Mary Spear Nicolas (1835-02-14)February 14, 1835 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	January 13, 1891(1891-01-13) (aged 55) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	Green Mount Cemetery
Occupation	writer
Language	English
Nationality	American
Notable works	Homoselle; Sousette; Jack Horner
Spouse	Charles B. Tiernan ( m. 1873)

Early years

Mary Spear Nicholas was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1836,[2] or February 14, 1835. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Byrd Ambler and Robert Carter Nichols.[3]

Career

Jack Horner

Much of Tiernan's early life was spent in Richmond, Virginia, which is depicted in her novels, Homoselle, Suzette, and Jack Horner.[4][5] She was a contributor to The Century and Scribner's Magazines, and to Southern Review. Her literary work was often the most interesting part of the programs of the Eight O'Clock Club, and the Woman's Literary Club, of which she was one of the founders.[6]

Personal life

On July 23, 1873, she married Charles B. Tiernan, of Baltimore. She died of pneumonia on January 13, 1891 in Baltimore,[2] and was buried in Green Mount Cemetery.[3]

Selected works

• Homoselle: a Virginia Novel (1881)
• Suzette: A Novel (1885)
• Jack Horner: A Novel (1890)

References

1. Shepherd 1911, p. 117-18.
2. "Tiernan, Mary Spear (1836–1891)". Encyclopedia Virginia, a publication of Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
3. Bellet 1907, p. 131.
4. Bellet 1907, p. 132.
5. Tiernan 1890, p. 1.
6. Bellet 1907, p. 133.

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bellet, Louise Pecquet du (1907). Some Prominent Virginia Families (Public domain ed.). Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-0722-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Shepherd, Henry Elliot (1911). The Representative Authors of Maryland: From the Earliest Time to the Present Day, with Biographical Notes and Comments Upon Their Work (Public domain ed.). Whitehall Publishing Company. p. 117.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Tiernan, Mary Spear (1890). Jack Horner: A Novel (Public domain ed.). Houghton, Mifflin.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)