William Crone served as assistant secretary in the Northern Ireland ministry of commerce.
She taught for a number of years at Victoria College, Belfast, moving to the Princess Gardens School in 1948 going on to become head of the department of modern languages.
[1] Crone's first novel, Bridie Steen, which was first published in America in 1948, focused on themes of sectarian prejudice in rural Ulster.
She examined themes of class and sectarian divisions within Ireland in her subsequent books: This pleasant lea (1951) and My heart and I (1955).
Among fans of her work was Lord Dunsany, who wrote the preface to the 1949 English edition of Bridie Steen.