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V. A. (Violet A.) Pearn
Best known for co-writing a 1918 stage play about reincarnation and enduring love, this little-documented dramatist remains an intriguing figure at the edges of early 20th-century spiritual fiction. Her surviving record is slim, which gives her work an air of mystery.
1 Audiobook
Karma: A Re-incarnation Play In Prologue, Epilogue & Three Acts
by Algernon Blackwood, V. A. (Violet A.) Pearn
About the author
V. A. Pearn, also listed as Violet A. Pearn or Violet Pearn, is a little-known writer remembered mainly for Karma: A Re-incarnation Play, published in 1918 and written with Algernon Blackwood.
Library and public-domain records consistently connect her name with that play, and Open Library also attributes a small group of stage adaptations to her, including dramatized versions drawn from Lewis Carroll. Beyond those listings, reliable biographical details are scarce, so it is hard to say much with confidence about her life.
That scarcity makes Pearn one of those authors who survives largely through the work itself. For listeners drawn to occult themes, reincarnation, and period drama, her collaboration with Blackwood offers a glimpse into the mystical interests that fascinated some early 20th-century readers and theatergoers.