Mary Noailles Murfree, an American fiction writer born on January 24, 1850, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and died on July 31, 1922, was recognized for her vivid narratives set in the Appalachian region of the United States. Writing under the pseudonym Charles Egbert Craddock, Murfree initially concealed her gender to ensure her work received unbiased critical reception within a predominantly male l...