Nathaniel Parker Willis
American magazine writer, editor, and publisher (1806-1867) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 61
Nathaniel Parker Willis, also known as N. P. Willis, was an American writer, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day.
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A young Nathaniel Parker Willis
American Scenery by N. P. Willis with illustration by William Henry Bartlett, 1840
Willis became the highest-paid magazine writer in America.
Willis purchased a home in 1846 which he named Idlewild. The home would later inspire the title of an 1855 book.
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His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister Sara wrote under the name Fanny Fern. Harriet Jacobs wrote her autobiography while being employed as his children's nurse.
