Books by Griffin included Lady Sarah's Deed of Gift (1906),[3] A Servant of the King (1906),[4] Mrs. Vanneck (1907),[5] The Tavistocks (1909),[6] Pearl and Plain (1927),[7] Amber and Jade (1928),[8] Genesta (1930),[9] Conscience (1931),[10] Delia's Dilemma (1934),[11] Motive for Murder (1935, co-written with her daughter Joy Griffin),[12] The Punt Murder (1936),[13] Commandments Six and Eight (1936),[14] Sweets and Sinners (1937),[15] and Where There Is a Will (1939).

[16] She also wrote stories in the same genres, including "The Spectre of the Severn Tunnel" (1899), "Selling Off" (1900), "Pride of Race" (1901),[17] and "The Nemesis of a Crime" (serialized in 1939).

[19] Griffin's earlier novel The Tavistocks was described approvingly in an Australian newspaper as "free from maudlin sentiment, and upholds a high moral and conventional tone".

[20] But another Australian reviewer believed her novel Mrs. Vanneck "possesses none of the graces that should adorn a character study, but nearly all the faults that can distress a reader, even if he only reads for amusement.

"[22] Editha Aceituna Thurlow married army officer Robert Chaloner Griffin (1871–1954) in 1905.