Una L. Silberrad

Una Lucy Silberrad was a British author born in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, on May 8, 1872, and she died on September 1, 1955. She is generally credited with writing around 40 novels, and her work remained in print for many years.

Her fiction is often described as middlebrow, with stories that highlight conservative middle-class values while still giving a central place to resourceful, self-possessed female characters. That mix helped make her a distinctive voice in popular British fiction of the late Victorian and early modern period.

Silberrad also came from a notably accomplished family: her younger brother was the chemist Oswald Silberrad. Several of her works are now in the public domain, which has helped new readers continue to discover her writing.