Mary Findlater

Mary Williamina Findlater (28 March 1865 – 22 November 1963) was a Scottish novelist and poet.

[5] They collaborated with American writer Kate Douglas Wiggin,[6] and were acquainted with Henry James, Ellen Terry, and Mary Chomondeley.

[4] Their best-known and most widely admired collaboration is the novel Crossriggs (1908), re-issued in 1986 by Virago Press.

[3][7][8] Her heroines are "surprisingly modern", often rejecting the expected path of marriage and motherhood, and preferring female companionship, care responsibilities, or a life in the arts.

They also lived in Devon, for their mother's health, and in 1925 built a house in Rye, Roundel Gate, Military Road, designed by Horace Field.

Cover of "Affair at the Inn" published in 1904 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
Cover of "Affair at the Inn" published in 1904 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.