Ada L. Halstead

Laura Eugenia Newhall ( Terry; pen name Ada L. Halstead; 1861–1901) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, and journalist. She was born in California in 1861 and spent much of her life in Southern California, where she focused on writing fiction. Under the name "Ada L. Halstead", she published several novels, including Adopted, Hazel Verne, The Bride of Infelice, Amber, and After the Night Has Passed. In addition to her novels, she contributed poetry, short stories, and articles to newspapers and magazines, and continued her literary activities after returning to San Francisco later in life.

Early life Laura Eugenia Terry in 1861.

Career While living in Southern California, Newhall devoted herself to writing fiction. Her productions were characterized as being on the order of the works of Augusta Evans. Newhall wrote a number of novels including: Adopted, Hazel Verne (which also went through a dramatization), The Bride of Infelice (set in Massachusetts), and Amber, among others. Hazel Verne, or The Death Trust, and The Bride of Infelice were the best known of her works. in satisfaction of his debts. In 1891, Joshua Newhall was associated with the Palace Hotel in Napa, California, and several of her poems of that time were signed from that city. In 1898, she was granted a divorce, the grounds being desertion.