Her employer, Mrs Frances Dunlop, recommended her poetry to Robert Burns. Burns, who had recently been inundated by a swarm of untalented imitators, was initially wary, but he later assisted Mrs Dunlop in publishing Little's poetry.
Mrs Dunlop's employer, Frances Dunlop, recommended Little's poetry to the celebrated poet Robert Burns. Initially skeptical due to the numerous unqualified imitators he had encountered recently, Burns eventually collaborated with Mrs Dunlop to publish Little's work.