Dorothy Eden

Dorothy Enid Eden (3 April 1912 – 4 March 1982) was a New Zealand novelist and short story writer, principally in the Gothic genre.

Eden was born in North Canterbury but she grew up in the area of Elgin and Wakanui, near Ashburton.

[1][2][3] In the 1954 New Zealand electoral roll (on Ancestry) she was listed as residing at 315 Montreal St, Christchurch.

[7] Eden's historical novel Sleep in the Woods was set in Taranaki during the New Zealand Wars.

[6] After treatment for breast cancer Eden helped to fundraise towards the operation of a scanner at Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith.