C. E. (Charlotte Elizabeth) Bowen

Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen, often listed as C. E. Bowen, was a 19th-century British author born in 1817 and died in 1890. She is chiefly associated with adventure fiction for young readers, and surviving catalog records link her name with story collections such as Among the Brigands, and Other Tales of Adventure.

The books currently traceable under her name suggest a writer drawn to danger, travel, and suspense. Titles connected with her work include stories about brigands, smugglers, wolves, and even an iceberg voyage, which points to a taste for energetic plots and dramatic settings rather than domestic fiction.

Reliable biographical detail about her life appears to be scarce in easily accessible sources, so much of her personal story remains unclear. Even so, her work stands as part of the wide world of Victorian popular reading for children and families, where short adventure tales were designed to entertain while keeping readers turning the page.