Mrs. Henry Dudeney

Born Alice Whiffin, she became known to readers as Mrs. Henry Dudeney and later as Alice Dudeney. She was an English writer whose career included many novels and short stories, and she was especially active in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods.

Her work often focused on family life, relationships, and the pressures of social convention, which helped make her fiction accessible to a broad audience. During her lifetime she was a well-known popular author, even if she is less widely remembered today.

She was married to Henry Ernest Dudeney, the mathematician and puzzle creator. The pen name she used for many years reflected that marriage, but her own literary career stands out in its own right.