She authored the historical novel, Sancta Christina: A Story of the First Century (1878) and the vegetarian cookbook, Food for the People; or, Lentils and other Vegetable Cookery (1879).
[1][2] Her father was for sometime vicar of Podington and her mother was a writer, authoring works including, Cinderella, a Fairy Tale in Verse (1848) and the novel, Frank Bennet: A Story of the Stocking-Loom and of the Lace-Frame in 1811 (1869).
[3] In 1878, Orlebar published the historical novel, Sancta Christina: A Story of the First Century, with a preface by the Bishop of Winchester.
"[9] Orlebar published the vegetarian cookbook, Food for the People; or, Lentils and other Vegetable Cookery in 1879.
[10] She was inspired to write on the subject after reading letters in The Times advocating for the benefits of lentils by William Gibson Ward, a vice-president of the Vegetarian Society.