1912. Webster was a grandniece of Mark Twain. She was interested in social work, especially the fields of childcare and prison reform, but her main occupation was writing. She wrote a number of short stories and novels for younger readers including her most famous work, Daddy- Long-Legs. In Daddy-Long-Legs Jerusha Abbot is an orphan with a wicked pen and penetrating insight. Lately of the John Grier Home for orphans, of which too little good cannot be said, Miss Abbott embarks upon a course of college study funded by an anonymous benefactor. This epistolary story contains her charming letters to her unknown Daddy-Long-Legs, named by Miss Abbott because only once at the orphanage did she see his shadow drawn out in the headlights of the car toward which he walked. The insight and wit in this little book are priceless. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

琴·韦伯斯特，美国人。1876年出生于纽约州的佛雷多尼亚一个充满文艺气息的家庭中，父亲从事出版工作，母亲是马克·吐温的侄女。

在校期间，她就常常在巴萨女子大学的校友杂志和地方新闻刊物投稿；并利用课余时间，到孤儿院和感化院做社会服务。而这段时间的所见所闻，也成为她日后写作《长腿叔叔》的最佳素材。1912年，韦伯斯特出版小说《长腿叔叔》。在她多项作品中，以《长腿叔叔》最受读者喜爱，此书后来拍成电影，由当时最受欢迎的女明星担任女主角，使小说的影响更加深入。