author
Evelyn Sharp
1869–1955
A gifted storyteller and fearless campaigner, this British writer moved with ease between fairy tales, fiction, journalism, and political activism. Her life joined literary imagination with a determined commitment to women's rights.
6 Audiobooks
The Other Side of the Sun: Fairy Stories
by Evelyn Sharp
All the Way to Fairyland: Fairy Stories
by Evelyn Sharp
At the Relton Arms
by Evelyn Sharp
The Youngest Girl in the School
by Evelyn Sharp
The Making of a Prig
by Evelyn Sharp
Rebel women
by Evelyn Sharp
About the author
Born in England in 1869, Evelyn Sharp built a wide-ranging writing career that included children's books, fairy tales, novels, short fiction, and journalism. She published in notable literary circles of her day, including The Yellow Book, and became especially well known for writing that combined charm, wit, and a strong independent spirit.
Sharp was also deeply involved in the struggle for women's suffrage. She worked with major British suffrage organizations, helped found the United Suffragists, edited Votes for Women during the First World War, and was imprisoned for her activism. Her public life and her writing often reflected the same energy: practical, observant, and quietly rebellious.
She later became Evelyn Jane Nevinson after marriage, but she remained widely known by her original name. Remembered as both an author and a political campaigner, she left behind a body of work that connects late-Victorian literary culture with the history of women's rights in Britain.