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Eva Katharine Clapp Gibson (August 10th, 1857– March 6th, 1916) was a poet and prose writer, best known for her Oz imitation Zauberlinda published in 1901. Born in Bradford, Illinois, an early and unhappy first marriage ended in divorce and inspired her to write a series of novels advocating women's issues and perspectives. She married chemist Charles Brockway Gibson, traveled in Europe, and settled in Chicago. In 1903 she was among the 250 survivors of the Iroquois Theatre fire which killed over 600 people.

Zauberlinda was Gibson's only novel for children. She also wrote verse and a range of miscellaneous works. Gibson traveled in bohemian circles while living in Chicago quite possibly knowing Baum, W. W. Denslow, and Grace Duffie Boylan, who would later writer her own Oz imitation in Yama Yama Land.

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