Georgiana Marion Craik

Georgiana Marion Craik (April 1831 – 1 November 1895) was a British writer.[1][2]

The daughter of George Lillie Craik and Jeanette Dempster, she was born in Old Brompton, London. She began writing for Household Words, possibly as early as 1851. Her first novel Riverston was published in 1857. Her novels were targeted at young women; she also wrote some books for young readers.[3][1][4]

In 1886, she married Allan Walter May, an artist.[3]

Craik died in St Leonards-on-Sea at the age of 64.[1]

Selected work[5]

• Lost and Won novel (1859)
• My First Journal (1860)[1]
• Faith Unwin's Ordeal 2 volumes (1865)
• The Cousin from India (1871)
• Dorcas 3 volumes (1879)
• Two Women 3 volumes (1880)
• Godfrey Helstone 3 volumes (1884)
• Patience Holt 3 volumes (1891)

References

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. Volume 20. 1896. p. 613.
2. Alden's Cyclopedia of Universal Literature: Presenting Biographical and Critical Notices and Specimens from the Writings of Eminent Authors of All Ages and All Nations. 1886. pp. 365–66.
3. Sutherland, John (2014). The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. p. 199. ISBN 978-1317863328.
4. "Georgiana Craik". Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge University.
5. "Author Information". At the Circulating Library.