Edith Maud Hull | |
|---|---|
 An anonymous sketch | |
| Born | Edith Maud Henderson 16 August 1880 London, England |
| Died | 11 February 1947 (aged 66) Hazlewood, Derbyshire, England |
| Pen name | E. M. Hull, Edith M. Hull, Edith Maud Winstanley |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1919–1939 |
| Genre | Romance fiction |
| Notable works | The Sheik |
| Spouse | Percy Winstanley Hull |
| Children | Cecil Winstanley Hull |
Edith Maud Hull (16 August 1880 – 11 February 1947) was a British writer of romance novels, typically credited as E. M. Hull.[1][2] She is best known for The Sheik, which became an international best seller in 1921. The Sheik is credited with beginning a revival of the "desert romance" genre of romantic fiction.[1][3] Hull followed The Sheik with several other novels with desert settings, such as The Shadow of the East, The Desert Healer, and The Sons of the Sheik.
- ^ a b "Hull, Edith Maud (1880–1947)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. AIM25 website.
- ^ "Papers of Edith Maud Hull". The National Archives. (U.K. website)
- ^ Teo, Hsu-Ming. “Historicizing The Sheik: Comparisons of the British Novel and the American Film”. Journal of Popular Romance Studies.