author
Flora E. (Flora Eliza) Berry
1873–1949
A British writer of children's fiction, she is best remembered for stories such as Monica's Choice and for a body of work shaped by clear moral purpose and strong feeling. Her books carry the tone of early 20th-century juvenile fiction while still feeling earnest and readable today.
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Monica's choice
by Flora E. (Flora Eliza) Berry
About the author
Flora E. Berry, usually identified as Flora Eliza Berry, was a British author of children's books. Available sources place her birth in Deptford, London, in 1873 and her death in Swanage, Dorset, in 1949.
She wrote fiction for younger readers, and the surviving records linked to her work point to titles including Monica's Choice, Neta Lyall, In Small Corners, and Lettice Martyn's Crusade. Modern catalog and reader sources describe her books as children's stories with a noticeable evangelical Christian tone, which helps explain the strong moral framework running through her fiction.
Although not widely documented in major modern reference works, her books have remained visible through library and digitization projects such as Project Gutenberg. That continuing availability has helped preserve her place as a small but interesting voice in British children's literature from the late Victorian and early 20th-century period.