Ernest Justin Jarrold (1848–1912) was the American author of a series of popular fictional stories about a boy named Mickey Finn. The "Mickey Finn" stories were published in newspapers across the

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, bringing nationwide fame to Jarrold. Jarrold was born in August 1848 in

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, England. When Jarrold was three years old, his family moved to

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and settled in the town of Kingston. Jarrold married Ella Adelaid Clark on October 22, 1869, in

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. In 1881, he moved his family to

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and obtained a job at the

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. He eventually became a staff writer, and began writing short stories about a boy named "Mickey Finn" growing up in the Irish section of bucolic

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, where he had lived previously with his wife and children. At times, Jarrold published under the

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Mickey Finn. He had several books published during his career, including collections of his Mickey Finn short stories.

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American male journalists American short story writers 1848 births 1912 deaths People from Brentwood, Essex American male short story writers {{US-story-writer-stub