Alice Brown was an American novelist, poet and playwright, best known as a writer of local color stories. She also contributed a chapter to the collaborative novel, The Whole Family (1908). She worked as a teacher and journalist. Meadow Grass: Tales of New England Life was written in 1895. Stories in this collection include Number Five, Farmer Wli's Vacation, After All, Told in the Poorhouse, Heman's Ma, Heartsease, Mis' Wadleigh's Guest, A Righteous Bargain, Joint Owners in Spain, At Sudleigh Fair, Bankrupt, Nancy Boyd's Last Sermon, and Strollers in Tiverton.