M. P. Shiel | |
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Born | Matthew Phipps Shiell 21 July 1865 Montserrat, British Leeward Islands |
Died | 17 February 1947 | (aged 81)
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | Harrison College, Barbados King's College, London |
Spouses | Carolina "Lina" Garcia-Gómez Esther Lydia Jewson (née Furley) |
Children | Dolores Katherine "Lola" Shiell (by 1st marriage) Ada Phipps Seward (illegitimate) Caesar Kenneth Price/Shiel (illegitimate)[1] |
Relatives | Priscilla Ann Blake Matthew Dowdy Shiell |
Matthew Phipps Shiell (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947), known as M. P. Shiel, was a British writer, remembered mainly for supernatural horror and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901, revised 1929) remains his most often reprinted novel.