C. A. Stephens

C. A. Stephens (1844–1931) was an American writer of stories for young people. Born Charles Asbury Stephens in Norway, Maine, he began contributing to The Youth's Companion while at Bowdoin College and remained on its staff for some sixty years, traveling for the magazine and producing thousands of stories. His books include the Camping Out series and the tales of the Old Squire's farm on Lake Pennesseewassee, among them When Life Was Young, drawn from his own boyhood. In middle age he took a medical degree and devoted his later years to research on longevity at a laboratory he built in Norway, publishing several books on the subject.