She began writing at 17 and produced over 280 books in her lifetime,[2] being so prolific that no fewer than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death.

Her last co-author was Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas (her daughter's father-in-law); they produced only one book, in 1897.

Meade and Eustace also created the occult detective and palmist Diana Marburg ("the Oracle of Maddox Street"), who first appeared in the US edition of Pearson's Magazine in 1902.

[5][6][7][8] (Designations of these titles as for young readers were gleaned primarily from Worldcat; others below may also belong in the category.)

Although most of Meade's shorter work remains confined to the pages of magazines, examples may be found in the following anthologies: