May Agnes FlemingMay Agnes Fleming was an author from Canada. She was born on November 15, 1840, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, and wrote under the pen names Cousin May Carleton and M. A. Earlie. May Agnes started writing while still in school. In 1865, she we John W. Fleming, an engineer. Her first book, Erminie: or The Gypsy's Vow: A Tale of Love and Vengeance, was published in New York two years before she relocated there (1863). The couple has six kids together. Fleming moved from one big contract to another while working as a writer to support the family. Before her stories were published in books, they first appeared in The New York Weekly and the London Journal from 1872 until her death. She produced several novels that combined spectacular, domestic, gothic, and romantic themes. To be closer to her publishers, Fleming and her family relocated to New York in 1875. As a result, her marriage suffered owing to her husband's drinking, and her kidney illness caused her health to deteriorate. She passed away unexpectedly on March 24, 1880, at the age of 39. Read More Read Less