Sarah Fielding

Born in 1710, she was the younger sister of novelist Henry Fielding, but she built a literary reputation of her own in mid-18th-century Britain. She wrote novels, criticism, and children's literature, and moved in the literary circles of her day.

Her best-known book is The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy (1749), a landmark in children's writing in English. She also published works such as The Adventures of David Simple and Remarks on Clarissa, showing both her range as a storyteller and her close engagement with the major novels of her time.

Late in life she lived in Bath, where she died in 1768. Though she was long overshadowed by her brother and other contemporaries, she is now widely valued as an important early novelist and a pioneer in literature for children.