Dinah Craik

Dinah Craik
1887 portrait by Hubert von Herkomer
Born	Dinah Maria Mulock (1826-04-20)20 April 1826 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Died	12 October 1887(1887-10-12) (aged 61) Shortlands, London, England
Other names	Mrs. Craik, Miss Mulock
Occupations	Novelist poet
Spouse	George Lillie Craik ​ ​ (m. 1865; died 1887)​
Children	1 - Dorothy (adopted daughter)

Dinah Maria Craik (/kreɪk/; born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel, John Halifax, Gentleman, which presents the mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life.