Maxwell Gray

Writing as Maxwell Gray, Mary Gleed Tuttiett was an English novelist and poet born in 1846 and died in 1923. She is chiefly remembered for The Silence of Dean Maitland, a novel that attracted a wide readership and helped secure her place in late 19th-century popular fiction.

She published under the name Maxwell Gray rather than her own, a choice that places her among the many women writers of the period who used gender-ambiguous or masculine pen names. Her work was known for serious themes, strong feeling, and an interest in conscience, reputation, and the social pressures surrounding private wrongdoing.

Although she is less widely read today than she once was, her books still offer a vivid glimpse of Victorian literary tastes and the kinds of moral drama that captivated readers of the time.