Mary Hooper

Mary Ann Harriet Margaret Hooper (baptised in 1829 and died on January 8, 1904) was an English writer remembered especially for her cookbooks, though she also published novels and children's books.

She wrote for a broad popular audience, and her nonfiction focused on household management and cooking at a time when domestic instruction was becoming a major part of middle-class reading life. That mix of practical usefulness and accessible style helped make her one of the more recognizable Victorian names in food writing.

Available source material in this search was brief, and I could not confirm more personal biographical details with confidence, so this overview stays close to the essentials.