Katherine Merritte Snyder Yates (November 12, 1865 – October 25, 1951) was a Canadian-American writer, mainly of children's books. She lived in Honolulu from 1910 to 1942.
Biography Yates was born in Drumbo, Ontario, the daughter of Peter M. Snyder and Julia P. Turner Snyder. Katherine Snyder married American writer Ralph T. Yates in 1889. They divorced in 1910, and she lived in Honolulu from 1910 to 1942, and wrote about travel in Hawaii for National Geographic and Sunset Magazine. She died in 1951, at the age of 85, in Laguna Beach, California.
Publications Yates wrote allegorical stories explaining Christian Science principles to young readers, though Yates also emphasized these stories "are not written primarily for children in years; but are for the little girl or boy within, who never has grown up, and never will grow up.""Foreword" of On the Hill-top (1919) Mary Baker Eddy recommended Yates's book On the Way There to her readers in 1904.Eddy, Mary B. G. "A Little Gem" Christian Sentinel 6(52)(August 27, 1904): 828. She was a member of the National League of American Pen Women and the Authors League of America.
Books What the Pine Tree Heard (1903) On the Way There (1904)—part of the Marjorie and the Dream series The Grey Story Book (1904) Through the Woods (1906)—part of the Marjorie and the Dream series At the Door (1906)"Book Reviews and Notes" The Open Court 23(5)(May 1909): 319-320.—part of the Marjorie and the Dream series By the Wayside (1908, also known as By the Roadside)—part of the Marjorie and the Dream series Cheery and the Chum (1908, illustrated by Clara Powers Wilson)"The Arts Library Book Reviews" The School Arts Book 9(4)(December 1909): 421."New Books in Season" The World's Chronicle (December 129, 1908): 506. Diary of One Month in Honolulu (1910) Along the Trail (1912)—part of the Marjorie and the Dream series "Chet" (1912) Any Time (1913) A Tale From the Rainbow Land (1914) The Questions of my Friend (1915) Up the Sunbeams (1916)—part of the Marjorie and the Dream series On the Hill-top (1919)—part of the Portal:Marjorie and the Dream series In the Valley (1922)—part of the Marjorie and the Dream series Kat and Copy-Cat (1929, as E. E. Steven) The Feather Cloak (1936)
Short stories and essays
"Sweet Pea Blossoms" (1902)Yates, Katherine M. "Sweet Pea Blossoms" The Presbyterian Banner (July 24, 1902): 18. "Sallie's Red Cheek" (1902)Yates, Katherine M. "Sallie's Red Cheek" Pearson's Magazine 14(81)(September 1902): 955-962. "What About the Water?" and "Old Waikiki" (1913) "The Lily-Bud Clubs' Glorious Fourth" (1915)Yates, Katherine M. "The Lily-Bud Clubs' Glorious Fourth" The Herald and Presbyter (June 30, 1915): 18. "In Aloha Land: Intimate Notes on Hawaii" (1916, as Katherine P. Mayhew) "From Cell to Sunlight" (1921) "Under the Hau Tree" (1925, Weird Tales, reprinted in 1965 in Magazine of Horror)Yates, Katherine M. "Under the Hau Tree" Magazine of Horror #11 2(5)(November 1965): 53-61; via Internet Archive.
References
External links Terence E. Hanley, "Katherine Yates (1865-1951), Tellers of Weird Tales (December 17, 2013); a blog post about Yates, with links and images.