Among her publications can be counted The Devil's Pronoun (1894), Odd Stories (1897), The Potentate (1898), Mother Earth (1902), The Hidden Model (1902), What We Dream (1903), Trespass (1928), and Stained Wings (1930).

[1] She was the youngest child of John Forbes-Robertson,[2][1] a theatre critic and journalist from Aberdeen, and his wife Frances.

The eldest of the eleven children in the family was Johnston Forbes-Robertson, the actor.

[3] Forbes-Robertson (known also by her married surname, Harrod) was the author of The Potentate, Mother Earth, The Hidden Model, Odd Stories, The Devil's Pronoun, What We Dream, Taming of the Ponte, Trespass and Stained Wings.

She also published other works of fiction, such as those contributed to the Times Literary Supplement, Westminster Gazette, and The Pall Mall Magazine.