Grace F. Bigelow (1869-1956) was born in an unknown location and died in Brooklyn, New York. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and worked as a music teacher in Chicago, Illinois. In 1893 she married William Patten, an illustrator and art editor, in Paris, France. She published several articles, including "A Famous Old Playgoer" (1912) for Theatre Magazine and "Bonne-a-toute-faire" (1927) for The Outlook. She also wrote the story, "The Wooden Horse" (1912), which was published in the children's counterpart to The Harvard Classics series, The Junior Classics. The Patten family resided in New York City for many years but also maintained a summer home in Rhinebeck, New York. She was the daughter of Clementine C. Bigelow, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's.

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