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Lanoe Falconer
1848–1908
Best known by the pen name Lanoe Falconer, this Scottish-born writer won wide attention in the 1890s with intelligent, atmospheric fiction that mixed suspense, feeling, and the supernatural. Her best-known books include Mademoiselle Ixe and Cecilia de Noël.
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Cecilia de Noël
by Lanoe Falconer
About the author
Born Mary Elizabeth Hawker in Inveraray, Scotland, in 1848, she later wrote under the name Lanoe Falconer. She was the daughter of Major Peter William Lanoe Hawker, and the family had ties to Hampshire in England.
Her literary reputation was made in the 1890s. Mademoiselle Ixe became especially successful, and she followed it with other fiction, including Cecilia de Noël, a novel remembered for its graceful blend of ghost story, social observation, and psychological insight.
Although her published career was relatively brief, her work left a strong impression on late Victorian readers. She died in 1908, and her fiction is still valued for its clarity, wit, and quietly eerie power.