Charlotte Riddell | |
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 Charlotte Riddell in 1875 | |
| Born | Charlotte Eliza Lawson Cowan 30 September 1832 Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland |
| Died | 24 September 1906 (aged 73) Ashford, Kent, England |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Period | Victorian |
| Genre | novel, ghost story |
| Spouse |
Joseph Hadley Riddell
(m. 1857; died 1880) |
Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell (nee Cowan; 30 September 1832 – 24 September 1906), known also as Mrs J. H. Riddell, was a popular and influential Irish-born writer in the Victorian period. She was the author of 56 books, novels and short stories, and also became part-owner and editor of St. James's Magazine, a prominent London literary journal in the 1860s.