Amelia Josephine Burr Elmore (c. 1879–1966) was an American author, poet, and world traveler whose literary career spanned poetry, prose, and travel-inspired fiction. A native of New York City, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 1899 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, reflecting her early academic distinction.

During World War I, Elmore contributed to the war effort through cultural service, entertaining at soldiers’ camps and war gatherings and joining the Vigilantes, a group of writers who supported wartime morale through their work. Her literary life was closely tied to travel; after journeying around the world to gather material for her writing, she continued to draw on international settings and historical themes throughout her career.

In November 1921, she married the Rev. Carl H. Elmore, then pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Englewood, New Jersey. Englewood became her primary home, though she spent portions of each year in Weld, Maine, and Bradenton, Florida.

Elmore authored numerous volumes of poetry, including The Roadside Fire, The Deep Places, Life and Living, The Silver Trumpet, Hearts Awake, A Child’s Garden in India, and Little Houses. She also compiled Selected Lyrics and wrote prose works such as A Dealer in Empire, a historical novel set in Spain during the reign of King Philip IV, and The Three Fires, which centers on a trial of bandits in Ceylon.

Amelia Burr Elmore died at the age of 86 at Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Florida. Remembered as both an author and a traveler, her work reflects a life shaped by education, global exploration, and a commitment to literature as cultural service.