author
Evelyn Whitaker
1844–1929
Known for warm, wholesome children's stories, this Victorian writer brought unusual tenderness to subjects like poverty, illness, and everyday kindness. Her books were published anonymously, which only adds to the quiet mystery around her life and work.
2 Audiobooks
Zoe
by Evelyn Whitaker
Laddie, and Miss Toosey's mission
by Evelyn Whitaker
About the author
Born in 1844 in Herne Bay, Kent, Evelyn Whitaker was the daughter of solicitor Edward Whitaker and Emily Ann Woolbert. She studied at the Ladies College in Bedford Square before turning to fiction.
Whitaker became known as an English children's writer, and her first book, Miss Toosey's Mission, appeared in 1878. Her stories were published anonymously, and later readers and reference works described them as charming, pure, and wholesome, with a marked sensitivity to poverty and illness.
She wrote during the late Victorian period and is now remembered mainly for her contribution to children's literature. Evelyn Whitaker died in 1929.