Willa Cather (1873–1847) was a writer whose work often focused on immigrants and settlers of the American frontier. Cather was born in Virginia but at age ten moved with her family to Nebraska, where she lived among immigrant settlers and attended the University of Nebraska. Cather’s most famous novel, O Pioneers!, was published in 1913, and like many of her works, it told the story of immigrants making their way on the Great Plains.