Mary L. (Mary Louisa) Code

Mary Louisa Code was an English writer associated with Victorian religious fiction for young readers. Reference sources identify her as born around 1849 in Cork, the daughter of John Marsden Code and his wife Elizabeth.

When she was still a child, her father left the Church of England for the Plymouth Brethren, and the family later moved to Bath, where he served as a minister. Her known books include The Happy Land, Wandering May, and Left at Home.

She died young in 1873. A note attached to Left at Home, published in 1874, says its last chapter was written by her sister, suggesting the book appeared after her death.