Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller ( Point; after first marriage, Davis; after second marriage, Miller; April 30, 1850 – December 26, 1937) was the pen name of Mittie Frances Clarke Point, an American novelist. She wrote 80 dime novels during a 50-year career. Her first novel was Rosamond, but her success began with the 1883 romance, The Bride of the Tomb. She died in 1937. In 1978, her home, "The Cedars", was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Biography Mittie Frances Clarke Point was born in Doswell, Virginia, April 30, 1850. Her parents were Charles J. Point and Mary G. (Crow) Point.

She graduated from Richmond Female Institute on June 30, 1868.

She first married Thomas Jefferson Davis and they had a daughter, but both husband and daughter died within two years. Returning to her home in Richmond, Virginia, she wrote short stories for Old Dominion and Temperance Advocate. She then married a teacher named Alexander McVeigh Miller in 1878 and they lived in Fayette County, West Virginia. Her 1883 romance, The Bride of the Tomb, was successful, and others followed. The Millers built "The Cedars" in Alderson, West Virginia, and this also helped him with a political career, having been elected to the West Virginia Senate during the period of 1901 to 1909. She divorced him in 1908 because of infidelity, moving with her daughter Irene to Boston. She died in Florida, December 26, 1937.

Selected works

188?, An old man's darling 188?, The mystery of Suicide Place 1882, Lady Gay's pride, or, Only a broken heart 1883, Sworn to silence, or, A burdensome secret 1883, Jaquelina, or, The outlaw's bride 1883, Little Goldens̓ daughter, or, The dream of her life-time 1883, Bonnie Dora : or, Winning the heir 1883, The bride of the tomb; and, Queenie's terrible secret 1883, The bride of the tomb; or, Lancelot Darling's betrothed 1883, A dreadful temptation, or, A young wife's ambition 1883, Sworn to silence, or, Aline Rodney's secret 1883, Guy Kenmore's wife; or, Her mother's secret 1884, The pearl and the ruby, or, The beautiful rivals 1884, Lady Gay's pride; or, The miser's treasure 1886, Molly's treachery 1886, Little Nobody 1887, Flower and Jewel; or, Daisy Forrest's daughter 1888, Brunette and blonde, or, The struggle for a birthright 1889, Little Sweetheart : or, Norman De Vere's protegee 1891, Kathleen's diamonds : or, She loved a handsome actor 1892, Eric Braddon's love 1892, Little Coquette Bonnie : or, crossed in love. Chapters I-XI 1892, Tiger-lily; or, The woman who came between 1896, A dreadful temptation, and Countess Vera 1896, Bonnie Dora and Little Golden's daughter 1896, The strength of love, or, An unbidden guest 1896, Queenie's terrible secret, and the rose and the lily 1896, When we two parted, or, Among love's rapids 1897, Loved you better than you knew 1897, The senator's bride 1898, Lancaster's choice 1898, Dainty's cruel rivals : or, The fatal birthday 1894, Lillian, my Lillian, or, Queen of the comic opera 1896, Lynette's wedding, or, Married and parted 1887, Mabel's fate, or, A broken betrothal 1891, What was she to him? or, Virginia King's heart 1885, Cruelly divided, or, A plot for a fortune 1886, Little Vixen, or, When two loves conflict 1887, My little love, or, Swept away by passion 1893, A little Southern beauty, or, Tortured hearts 1895, The senator's favorite 1899, My pretty maid, or, Liane Lester 1884, Where love dwelt, or, The two brides' fate 1885, Tempted by gold, or, A life and love wasted 1888, Loyal unto death, or, Roselle's true love 1898, My pretty maid, or, Her dangerous secret 1899, A married flirt, or, Pride and its penalty 1888, The man she hated, or, Won by strategy 1892, They looked and loved, or, Won by faith 1896, When we two parted, or, A heart's tragedy 1898, Pretty madcap Lucy, or, The shadows over her 1898, Slighted love, or, At her heart's expense 1899, The thorns of regret, or, His brother's wife 1889, Rosamond, or, Sundered hearts 1900, Only a kiss, or, Cast out 1900, The shadow between them, or, A blighted name 1900, Only a kiss, or, With her whole heart 1901, Love is love forevermore, or, A triumph of two true hearts 1901, The unbidden guest, or, Between two passions 1901, The price of happiness, or, The triumph of two true hearts 1902, Nina's peril : or, The fowler's snares 1905, The sword of Damocles 1902, The fatal kiss, or, Her evil genius 1901, Her husband's secret, or, Bought and paid for 1903, All for love, or, Her heart's sacrifice 1911, That girl named Hazel 1917, Her life's burden : or, The road of the wicked 1917, Her sister's secret, or, The chain of fate 1919, What was she to him? or, Her evil shadow