Eleanor Stredder

Born in 1835 in Royston, Cambridgeshire, Eleanor Stredder was the daughter of Edward Stredder and Mary Abbott. Research databases on Victorian fiction note that she came from a family of five siblings, including Sarah Stredder, who was also an author, and that none of the siblings married.

Stredder published both early three-volume novels and later fiction for younger readers. Her known works include The Raven of Redruth (1862), The Price of Silence (1873), Alive in the Jungle (1892), The Merchant's Children (1892), Lost in the Wilds (1893), Doing and Daring (1894), and Jack and his Ostrich.

Many of her best-known stories are set far from Britain, with adventures in places such as Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and India. She died in 1913, and several of her books are now available through public-domain libraries, which has helped modern readers rediscover her work.