Take a pen or pencil to leave as an offering and make a pilgrimage to the final resting place of your favorite author. These are the grave sites I’ve visited so far. I’ll add to the list as I travel.
Canada
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, is buried in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island near Green Gables Heritage Site. Learn more about visiting Anne’s Prince Edward Island.
England
Jane Austen
Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice and other works, is buried in Winchester, England in Winchester Cathedral.
Read more about visiting Jane Austen’s grave.
Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey
Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey contains the graves of several of Britain’s famous writers, as well as memorial plaques for those buried elsewhere, but honored with a plaque, such as Jane Austen.
United States
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Fitzgerald, Francis Scott
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Lovecraft, Howard Phillips
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Thurber, James
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women and other works, is buried in Concord, Massachusetts on Author’s Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.
Learn more about Louisa May Alcott and plan a visit to Concord.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson, known for his essay Nature and other works, is buried in Concord, Massachusetts on Author’s Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery along with Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.
Learn more about Corcord’s Transcendentalists and plan a visit to Concord.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby and other works, is buried in Rockville, Maryland at St.Mary’s Church Historic Cemetery.
Stay in the F. Scott. Fitzgerald inspired room in Newport, OR.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, and other works, is buried in Concord, Massachusetts on Author’s Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, along with Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau.
Learn more about Nathaniel Hawthorne and the House of the Seven Gables.
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft, author of the Cthulhu Mythos, is buried in Providence, Rhode Island at Swan Cemetery.
Read more about visiting Lovecraft’s Providence.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, author of The Raven and other works, is buried in Baltimore, Maryland at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Learn more about Edgar Allan Poe.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden, is buried in Concord, Massachusetts on Author’s Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, along with Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Learn more about Walden and plan a visit to Concord.
James Thurber
James Thurber, author of My Life and Hard Times, is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio. The Thurber family plot is in section 50. You’ll find Thurber’s grave next to a statue made to look like the cartoon he drew of his family’s dog, Muggs.
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