Cynthia Stockley

Cynthia Stockley was a South African-Rhodesian novelist born Lilian Julian Webb in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, on July 7, 1873. She later wrote under the name Cynthia Stockley and became especially associated with romance fiction set in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

Before and alongside her writing career, she spent time on the stage, and her books reached a broad audience in the early 20th century. Among her better-known works are Poppy: The Story of a South African Girl and Ponjola. Several of her stories were also adapted for silent film, showing how widely her work traveled beyond print.

She died in Kensington, England, on January 15, 1936. No suitable verified portrait image was available from the page I checked, so no profile image is included here.