Kate Langley Bosher

Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels Mary Cary and Miss Gibbie Gault (1911). She was also a suffragist and founding member and officer of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.

Early years, education, and marriage Kate Langley was born in Norfolk, Virginia, to Charles Henry and Portia Victoria (Deming) Langley in 1865. She graduated from the Norfolk College for Young Ladies in 1882.

Mary Cary was adapted to film in the 1921 silent feature Nobody's Kid starring Mae Marsh (as Mary), Kathleen Kirkham, and Anne Schaefer, and directed by Howard Hickman.

The 2006 reference work Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary describes Bosher's work as "sentimental and romantic; her characters are lively and their adventures amusing." Additionally, Bosher contributed short stories to newspapers and magazines. and chaired the new organization's child welfare committee. Mary Cary, Frequently Martha (1910) Miss Gibbie Gault (1911) (sequel to Mary Cary) The House of Happiness (1912) The Man in Lonely Land (1913) How It Happened (1914) People Like That (1916) Kitty Canary (1918) His Friend, Miss McFarlane (1919)