Augusta Huiell Seaman was an American author who specialized in mystery novels for children and young adults. Born Augusta Curtiss Huiell in New York City in 1879, she graduated from Normal College (which later became Hunter College) in 1900. She initially worked as an elementary school teacher, but after her marriage to Robert Seaman in 1906, she transitioned to writing full-time. Her literary career took off with the publication of The Boarded-Up House, which was serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1914.\n\nOver the course of her career, Seaman published more than forty books aimed at young readers. Her stories often featured young protagonists solving mysteries, a formula that proved highly popular. Following the death of her first husband in 1927, she married Francis Parkman Freeman in 1928 and relocated to Island Beach, New Jersey. This coastal setting deeply influenced her later work, serving as the backdrop for several of her mystery novels.\n\nIn addition to her prolific writing career, Seaman was active in her local community in New Jersey, serving in various municipal roles including Borough clerk, Tax Collector, and Borough Registrar. She continued writing for youth until her death in 1950 at the age of seventy-one.
