Elizabeth Croom Bellamy

Elizabeth Croom Bellamy
Kamba Thorpe
BornElizabeth Whitfield Croom
(1837-04-17)April 17, 1837
Quincy, Florida, U. S.
DiedApril 13, 1900 (aged 62)
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation
  • teacher
  • author
Genre
  • novels
  • short stories
  • essays
Spouse
Charles E. Bellamy
(m. 1858; died 1863)
Children2

Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy (née Croom; pen name, Kamba Thorpe; 1837–1900) was an American author of novels, short stories, and essays. She also taught school for many years. Her first novels were, Four Oaks (1867), and The Little Joanna (1876). Under her own name, she published Old Man Gilbert (1888) and Benny Lancaster (1890). She was a frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, Appleton's Magazine, The Cycle, The Youth's Companion, and many other periodicals.