Henry Watson

Born in Caulfield, Melbourne, in 1863, H. B. Marriott Watson — Henry Brereton Marriott Watson — became known as a novelist, critic, and man of letters. He later settled in Britain, where he wrote steadily for magazines and newspapers as well as publishing a long list of books.

Marriott Watson worked across several styles, including romance, adventure, and society fiction. He was part of the busy literary world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his career also extended into criticism and journalism, which helped make him a recognizable name to contemporary readers.

Although he is less widely read now than some of his peers, his writing offers a vivid glimpse of popular literary tastes in the Victorian and Edwardian years. He died in Surrey, England, in 1921.