Rosa Nouchette Carey

Born in Stratford-le-Bow, London, Rosa Nouchette Carey became a prolific English novelist, magazine journalist, and children's writer in the late 19th century. She grew up in Hackney, was educated partly at home and later in St John's Wood, and began inventing stories early, even writing little plays for her siblings to perform.

Carey went on to build a long and successful writing career, producing dozens of novels as well as shorter pieces for magazines. Her fiction was widely read in its day and was often described as wholesome, with a strong interest in home life, women's work, faith, and the moral choices of ordinary people.

Although she is less widely known now than some of her Victorian contemporaries, Carey was an important popular author of her time. She died in London in 1909, leaving behind a large body of fiction that still offers a clear window into the values and reading tastes of the Victorian era.