May Edginton

May Edginton
Born
Helen Marion Edginton

(1883-12-20)20 December 1883
England, UK
Died17 June 1957(1957-06-17) (aged 73)
Rondebosch, South Africa
NationalityBritish
Other namesH.M. Edginton,
May Edginton
OccupationWriter
Years active1907–1955
SpouseFrancis Evans Bailey (1912-1930)
Children1

May Edginton (originally Helen Marion Edginton, 20 December 1883 – 17 June 1957)[1] was an English writer who had over 50 popular novels published in London. She also wrote plays, collaborating with Rudolf Besier on two of them.[2] Some of her fiction works were filmed. Her work was translated into several languages, including Hungarian and Chinese.[3][4]

  1. ^ IMDb
  2. ^ Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy: The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present Day (London: Batsford, 1990), p. 329.
  3. ^ Site in Hungarian: Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ^ OCLC Worldcat Identities Retrieved 4 May 2018.