Mabel Quiller-Couch

Florence Mabel Quiller-Couch was born in Bodmin, Cornwall, on June 17, 1865. She was the daughter of Dr. Thomas Quiller-Couch and Mary Ford, and grew up in a literary family that also included her brother Arthur Quiller-Couch and her sister Lilian Quiller-Couch, both writers.

She wrote fiction, edited and compiled books, and became especially associated with children's literature. Her published work included Some Western Folk (1897), A Waif and a Welcome (1905), The Windycross Moor (1910), Cornwall's Wonderland (1914), The Carroll Girls (1918), and A Cottage Rose (1920). With Lilian Quiller-Couch, she also wrote Ancient and Holy Wells of Cornwall (1894).

Modern summaries of her work describe it as closely tied to Cornish settings and traditions, with folklore and local superstition playing an important part. She died in November 1924. A clear portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources I checked, so none is included here.