May Edginton

Writing under the name May Edginton, Helen Marion Edginton Bailey was born on December 20, 1883, in England and became a British writer known for novels and short fiction.

Catalog and author records identify her as a prolific popular novelist, and modern public-domain and reader communities continue to circulate her work. She is also listed as having been married to Francis E. Bailey.

She died on June 17, 1957, in Rondebosch, South Africa. While detailed biographical information appears to be scarce online, the surviving records show a writer with a long publishing career and an international life that reached beyond Britain.