"Heroine of the Limberlost" is a paper doll biography of Gene-Stratton-Porter by Norma Lu Meehan. Norma Lu Meehan was a fashion illustrator for over forty years and used that experience when she turned to creating historical-costume paper dolls in 1991. She is the author of the "Wardrobe" series: "Victorian", "Edwardian", "Art Deco", and "'40s and '50s Fashions", as well as the child paper-doll book "Nana's Trunk", all based on the collections of the Northern Indiana Center for History. She lives with her husband Ed in South Bend, Indiana, where they both are volunteers at the History Center. They have three children and six grandchildren.