Leonora Sansay (1773-1821) was an American novelist best known for her autobiogaphical work Secret History, first published in 1808.
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In 1779 her mother remarried and went on to have two more children.
She was born Honora Davern in Philadelphia and her father died at sea a few weeks after her birth.
This was followed by Laura (1809) and possibly three further novels - Zelica: The Creole (London, 1820), The Scarlet Handkerchief (London, 1823), and The Stranger in Mexico (not extant).
Leonora Sansay (1773-1821) was an American novelist best known for her autobiogaphical work Secret History, first published in 1808