Eva March Tappan (December 26, 1854 – January 29, 1930) was a teacher andAmericanauthor born inBlackstone, Massachusetts, the only child of Reverend Edmund March Tappan and Lucretia Logée. Eva graduated fromVassar College in 1875. She was a member ofPhi Beta Kappa and an editor of theVassar Miscellany. After leaving Vassar she began teaching atWheaton College where she taught Latin and German from 1875 until 1880. From 1884–94 she was the Associate Principal at the Raymond Academy inCamden, New Jersey. She received graduate degrees in English Literature from theUniversity of Pennsylvania. Tappan was the head of the English department at theEnglish High School atWorcester, Massachusetts. She began her literary career writing about famous characters in history and developed an interest in writing children books. Tappan never married.
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