M V VictorMetta Victoria Fuller Victor (March 2, 1831 June 26, 1885) was an American novelist who wrote under the pen name Seeley Regester, among others. She is credited with authoring one of the first detective novels in the United States and is recognized fo pioneering the genre of "dime novels." Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Adonijah and Lucy (Williams) Fuller, she moved to Wooster, Ohio, in 1839. She and her elder sister Frances, who also became a well-known writer, attended a female seminary and began publishing stories in local newspapers. The sisters relocated to New York City in 1848 to further pursue their literary careers. In 1856, Metta married Orville James Victor, an editor and publishing pioneer. She worked as an editor for Beadle & Company and later anonymously published dime novels under her husband's series. Among her notable works are Alice Wilde (1860), Maum Guinea, and Her Plantation "Children" (1861), The Dead Letter (1866), and The Figure Eight (1869). She also wrote under various other pseudonyms, including Corinne Cushman and Mrs. Orrin James. Metta Victor passed away from cancer in 1885 and was buried in Ridgewood's Valleau Cemetery. Read More Read Less