Woolsey was born into a wealthy, influential family in Cleveland, Ohio, and spent much of her childhood in New Haven Connecticut. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War (1861—1865), after which she started to write. The niece of the noted author and poet Gamel Woolsey, Woolsey never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, R.I., until her death. She edited The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney (1879) and The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney (1880). She is best known, however, for her classic children's novel What Katy Did. The fictional Carr family was modeled after the author's own, with Katy Carr inspired by Susan (Sarah) herself, and the brothers and sisters modeled on Coolidge's Woolsey siblings (1872).
1871: New-Year's Bargain, The [Tales.], edited by Louisa May Alcott
1874: Mischief's Thanksgiving, and other stories
1874: Little Miss Mischief, and other stories
1875: Nine Little Goslings
1875: Curly Locks
1876: For Summer Afternoons [Tales.]
1879: Eyebright A story
1880: Verses, Making of America Books: Verses.: By Susan Coolidge (pseud.) at www.hti.umich.edu
1880: A Guernsey lily or, How the feud was healed. A story for girls and boys.
1881: Cross Patch, and other stories Adapted from the myths of Mother Goose
1883: A Round Dozen, by Roberts Brothers; B. J. Parkhill & Co., Printers, Boston, U.S.A.
1884: Toinette and the Elves
1885: A Little Country Girl
1886: One day in a baby's life (adapted from the French book by M. Arnaud, Illustrations by Firmin Bouisset published by Roberts Brothers, Boston 1886. 31 pages)
1887: Ballads of Romance and History
1887: A Short History of the City of Philadelphia from its foundation to the present time
1888: Cross Patch, and other stories Adapted from the myths of Mother Goose
1889: A Few More Verses (verse)
1889: Just Sixteen
1890: The Day's Message Chosen and arranged by Susan Coolidge, Roberts Brothers, Boston
1892: Rhymes and Ballads for Girls and Boys
1893: The Barberry Bush (short stories)
1894: Not Quite Eighteen
1895: An Old Convent School In Paris
1899: A little knight of labor
1900: Little Tommy Tucker
1900: Two Girls
1901: Little Bo-Beep
1902: Uncle and Aunt
1904: The Rule of Three
1906: Last Verses [With a biographical sketch of the author signed: E. D. W. G.]
1906: A Sheaf of Stories
????: Twilight Stories (as Contributor), Project Gutenberg Edition of Twilight Stories at digital.library.upenn.edu
Short stories, poems and other publications
published during her lifetime
1869: The Funeral Flee, Hearth and Home illustrated weekly magazine, Vol 1, No 52, page 824, December 18, 1869
1871: Girls of the Far North, part 1; The Little Corporal Magazine Vol. XII, No. 4, April 1871, Published by John E. Miller, Chicago
: Girls of the Far North, part 4; The Little Corporal Magazine Vol. XIII, No. 1, July 1871, Published by John E. Miller, Chicago
: Edson's mother Scribners Illustrated Monthly, May to October 1871 p.296
1872: Two Ways to Love (Poem), scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland, October 1872; Vol. IV, No. 6
: In the Book, scriber's monthly, vol. 3, issue 5, page 567-572, 1872
1873: the white flag (poem), Scribner's Monthly, May 1873 to October 1873, Volume 6
: A few hints on the california journey, Scribner's Monthly, May 1873 to October 1873, Volume 6
1874: How St. Valentine Remembered Milly, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1874
1875 Little One's Birthday - A Christmas story, Little Corporal Children's Magazine January 1875 Vol. XX, No. 1, Edited by Emily Huntingston Miller, published by John E. Miller, Chicago, 40 pages
: Blue and Pink (A Valentine Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1875
: Queen Blossom (A May-Day Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1875
: The Horse and the Wolf, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jul 1875
: The Fortunes of a Saucer Pie, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1875
: The "Cradle Tomb" at Westminster, by Susan Coolidge (pp. 678-679), scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland
1876: Toinette and the Elves (A Christmas Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1876
: The Two Goats, St. Nicholas cribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge
: The Little Maid of Domremy, (bg) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1876
: Ready for Europe, (nF) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1876
: How the Storks Came and Went, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jul 1876
: At Fiesole, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Oct 1876
: A Queen, and Not a Queen, (bg) St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1876
: The Secret Door (A Christmas Story of Two Hundred Years Ago), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1876 (also published in The Golden Pathway Circ.
1877: The Two Wishes: A Fairy Story, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Mar 1877
: Illustrated Texts, (nF) St. Nicholas Magazine Apr 1877
: The Mother in the Desert, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1877
: Mrs. June's Prospectus, Young Folks' Readings, for Social and Public Entertainment. Edited by Lewis B. Monroe. Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. New York: Charles T. Dillingham
1878: Solimin: A Ship of the Desert, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1878
: The Fox and the Turkeys; or Charley and the Old Folks, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Sep 1878
1879: The Old Stone Basin, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1879
: Mignonette, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1879
: Eyebright, (sl) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept(chapter 10), Oct 1879
: Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany, revised from Lady Llanover's Edition and Edited by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, Roberts Brothers, Boston
1880: The Boy and the Giant, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1880
: The Fox and the Stork, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Aug 1880
: KintuAtlantic Monthly July to December 1880, p 179
: Interpreted (Poem), The Atlantic Monthly, A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art and Politics Volume XLV December 1879 - June 1880
1881: In the Tower- AD 1554, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1881
: The Mastiff and His Master, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1881
: The Isle of Peace, by Susan Coolidge (pp. 481-498), scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland
1882: Concord, Atlantic Monthly magazine from July 1882
: Golden-Rod, Purple and Gold, Arranged by Kate Sanborn, Illustrated by Rosina Emmet: Boston, James R. Osgood and Company
: Cross Patch pp. 474, The Century Illustrated monthly magazine. November 1881 to April 1882, Vol. XXIII, New Series Vol. I, THE CENTURY CO., NY
: New Every Morning in "Golden Thoughts on Mother, Home, and Heaven from Poetic and Prose Literature of all Ages and All Lands." E.B. Treat, New York
1884: Lydia Maria Child in Our famous women, Comprising the Lives and Deeds of American Women," by Several Authors, A.D. Worthington and Company 1884
: Reply, The Century - Illustrated Monthly Magazine May to October 1884, p. 744
: When (poem), pp. 249 ,Illustrated Home Book of Poetry and Song, Caxton Publishing Co., Chicago
1885: Uncle and Aunt, llustrated by Jessie Curtis Shepherd, St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1885
: "Who ate the sweetmeat" Christmas hearth library, Boston, D. Lothrop and Company
: The Little Christmas Tree, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1885
1886: The Secret of It, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1886
: A Dainty Little Trencherman "The Household" Magazine, Devoted to the interests of the American housewife 1886
1887: Lohengrin,SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE May 1887 - Volume I, pp. 614—615
: In her garden SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE November 1887 - Volume II, No. 5
: Little Alix: a story of the children's Crusade Ballads Of Romance And History. 111 pages, illustrated. Boston D. Lothrop 1887.
: A year, verse, Ladies' World New York September 1887 Vol VIII No 9
: Little Alix: A Story Of The Children's Crusade, Ballads of Romance and History, Boston, D. Lothrop Company 1887
1888: Charlotte Bronte, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1888
: Christmas Day, young people's new pictorial library of poetry and prose, published by the Northwestern Publishing Co. in 1888
: A Convent School of the Last Century, Atlantic 1888 p. 779
1889: A Coming Out illustrated by Graves, Ladies Home Journal Sep 1889
: A Little Knight of Labor, Chapter II, with illustration by Edmund H. Garrett, WIDE AWAKE An Illustrated Magazine October 1889, Volume 29 Number 5, (Editors: Charles Stuart Pratt & Ella Farman Pratt, Publishers: D. Lothrop Company, Boston, U. S. A.)
1990: unknown title, Story-Time for 1890, published by D. Lothrop Company, Boston. Copyright 1889, by D. Lothrop Company
: Hour of Comfort, Poem, The Illustrated Christian Weekly, November 29, 1890, Vol XX No 48
1891: Poems in Guests Of The Heart, Edited By A. Craig. Augusta, Maine: E. C. Allen 1891
1892: How Bunny Brought Good Luck (Bunny is a doll, whose loss leads to the discovery of a lost silver mine). Illustrated by Walter Bobbett. St. Nicholas - An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Volume XX. Part 1 November 1892 - April 1893
1893: The Wolves of St. Gervas, Famous Stories and Poems edited by D. Lothrop Company, Boston
: A Good Bad Horse, Famous Stories and Poems edited by D. Lothrop Company, Boston
: a heroic poem, Wide Awake Illustrated Magazine, June 1893, D. Lothrop Company
: Angels is as Angels Does, 52 Other Stories for Girls, edited by Alfred Henry Miles, published by Hutchinson & Co., London
1894: title unknown, R. Tuck Year book 12, 1894
1897: Little Ursel’s Mothering Sunday illustraded by Edmund Garrett, The deacon's little maid and other poems of childhood, Lothrop Publishing
Co., Boston
1898: Newport Historic Towns of New England Edited by Lyman P. Powell Illustrated with photos, drawings, and maps, New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1898.
1899: The Better Way, Poem at head of THE INDIAN HELPER, November 3, 1899
1900: Queen Log And Queen Stork (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea),St. Nicholas Magazine for Youth May to October-1900, page 859
1901: Thoughts by Susan Coolidge in Thoughts edited by Jessie K Freeman Sarah S. B. Yule, Dodge publishing company, NY, 1901
1902: Paradise, Young Folks' Library in Twenty Volumes. Volume VII: School and College Days. Edited by Kirk Munroe and Mary Hartwell Catherwood
: unknown poem, The Wedding Day Book with the Congratulations of the Poets arranged by Katharine Lee Bates and published by Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston, 429-pages.
1903: Dr. Johnson and Hodge His Cat, United Presbyterian Youth Evangelist Paper, No. 28, July 12, 1903
: unknown title, The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children, Chosen and Classified by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co
1904: A group of New England dishes furnished by Susan Coolidge, Mary Ronald's CENTURY COOK BOOK 1897 + New York 1904 NATIVE_NEWS: History: A Hundred Years Ago - Carlisle - Week 127 at www.mail-archive.com
:unknown titel, Little Lassies, Grosset & Dunlap 1904
: The Desert Island I and II, published in The Jones Third Reader edited by L. H. Jones, Ginn & Company, Boston, USA 1904
1905: Susie's Letter About Chipmonks, Twilight Stories published by Saalfild publishing Co
undated: God rules the year, A new year's message of love, printed in Berlin, Germany.
: 12 stories of heroism, Magna Charta Stories. World-Famous Struggles for Freedom in Former Times. Recounted for Youthful Readers Edited by Arthur Gilman, A.M. Published by Blackie and Son Limited
published after her death
1907: How the Leaves Came Down, Ladies' Home Journal magazine - November 1907, VOLUME XXIV, EDITION 12
1908: How the Leaves Came Down, A Treasury of Verse for Little Children selected by M.G. Edgar Illustrated by Willy Pogany, Published by George G. Harrap & Co., London also in The Wooster Third Reader by Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster, M.A. Published by Wooster & Company - Chicago, Illinois 1915
1909: In April, (pm) The All-Story Magazine Apr 1909
: Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. Introduction by Susan Coolidge 1909
: A 4 line verse (THANK God for death : bright thing / with dreary name, / We wrong with mournful flowers her / pure, still brow) in A LITTLE BOOK OF COMFORT, Compiled by Rev. Albert E Sims; THE CHOICE BOOKS LONDON: GEORGE G HARRAP & CO LTD; THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH, GREAT BRITAIN
: How the Leaves Came Down (poem), p85, The Ontario Readers Second Book, authorized by the Minister of Education
1920: The Cavalier's Escape, The treasure chest of my bookhouse, Edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, Chicago, The Bookhouse for children, Olive Beaupre Miller 1920
: The Secret Door, The treasure chest of my bookhouse, Edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, Chicago, The BOOKHOUSE for CHILDREN, Publishers 1920, 448 pages
1928: Beginning again, Woman's World September 1928
1930 section IV Romance and Reality / My book house the treasure chest 1928)
1934: Toinette and the Elves- Christmas, a book of stories ald and new, Selected by Alice Dalgliesh, Illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, published by Charles Scribner, New York
: Imogen Comes to Tea, The golden wonder book for children by John R. Crossland & J.M. Parrish, Published by Odhams press LTD 1934
1935: Cousin Helen's Visit, The Mammoth Wonder Book edited by John Crossland & J.M. Parrish, London: Odhams Press 1935
1937: Christmas boxes, The children's golden treasure book by Odhams Press ltd
1???: How the Leaves Came Down, Poem in The Home Book of Verse by Burton Stevenson
18??: New Every Morning Poem ("Every day is a fresh beginning! / Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain,/ And spite of old sorrow and older sinning / And puzzles forecast and possible pain, / Take heart with the day, and begin again.")
1980: Kikeri, published in The Illustrated Treasury of Humor for Children edited by Judith Hendra, Grosset and Dunlap Publishers New York
1991: Roses and thorns in School Stories ISBN 0600570967
Translations
German
Wenn morgen heute ist..., Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1956 = What Katy Did
Finnish
Katyn toimet = What Katy Did
Katy koulussa = What Katy Did at School
Katyn myöhemmät toimet = What Katy Did Next
Clover = Clover
Alppilaakson maja = In the High Walley
Norwegian
Katy, den eldste av seks = What Katy Did
Katy på skolen = What Katy Did at School
Hva Katy gjorde siden = What Katy Did Next
Katy på reise
Katy hjemme
Clara, Katys søster = Clover
Øientrøst : fortælling
Høiendal = In the High Walley
Swedish
Katy i hemmet = What Katy Did
Katy i skolan = What Katy Did at School
Vad Katy gjorde sedan = What Katy Did Next
Clover : Berättelse för flickor. = Clover
Italian
Cio che fece Katy = What Katy Did
Spanish
Las cosas de Katy = What Katy Did
Portuguese
O que Katy fez = What Katy Did
O que Katy fez a seguir = What Katy Did Next
Os sonhos de Katy
Danish
Katy, den ældste af seks = What Katy Did
Katy-bøkerne
I Fiesole
Den hemmelige Dør
Articles on Susan Coolidge
1959: Susan Coolidge, the Horn Book Magazine of books and reading for children and young people. 14 pages in June 1959
