Louise Lamprey

Louise Lamprey (17 April 1869–14 January 1951) was the pen name of Lunnette Emeline Lamprey, an American writer of books for children.

She was born at her grandmother's house in Alexandria, New Hampshire,

She was one of the first woman editors of a Washington, D.C. newspaper when she became an editorial writer for the weekly newspaper The Capital (1894–1898). Later in life she lived in Limerick, Maine. She was listed in Who's Who in America.

Louise Lamprey died at Limerick, Maine in 1951 and was buried with her parents in Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire. She never married.

A collection of correspondence between Lamprey and the Maine State Librarian Henry Ernest Dunnack is held by Maine State Library.

Selected bibliography In the Days of the Guild (New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1918) Masters of the Guild (Frederick A. Stokes Co, New York, 1920) Children of Ancient Britain (Boston, Little, Brown, and company, 1921) The Alo Man: Stories from the Congo (New York : World Book Co., 1921) Days of the Discoverers (New York : Frederick A Stokes company, 1921) Children of Ancient Rome (Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., 1922) Days of the Colonists (New York : Frederick A. Stokes, 1922) The Days of the Commanders (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1923) Children of Ancient Greece (Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., 1924) Days of the Pioneers (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1924) Days of the Leaders (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1925) Days of the Builders (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1926) Children of Ancient Gaul (Boston: Little, Brown, 1927), illust. by Margaret Freeman Wonder Tales of Architecture (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1927) Children of Ancient Egypt (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1928) History of Limerick (Cornish, Maine, 1928) The Treasure Valley (Morrow, New York, 1928) All the Ways of Building (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933) The Tomahawk Trail (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1934) The Limerick Pageant (Cornish, Maine, 1936) The Story of Weaving (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1939) The Story of Cooking (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1940)