Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall (née Borthwick, 11 February 1876 – 1939)[1] was an English writer of fiction and non-fiction born in London.
The family lived in Mayfair as her father worked as a stockbroker, but since 1870 they had also owned property in Scotland: Ravenstone Castle at Glasserton, Wigtownshire, now Dumfries and Galloway.
[2][3] Judge Harold Dowdall was the subject of a 1909 painting by Augustus John made at the end of his term as Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
Susie Yesterday, To-Day, and Forever (1919) presents a young woman with suspect motives, which backfire in an unhappy marriage.
The Tactless Man (1922) has its protagonist bargaining with her husband for treatment as a complete person, not a "wretched button-faced, bird-happy, soap-spirited fool".