Marguerite Elena May BENSON, later STEEN and NICHOLSON
(wrote as: Lennox DRYDEN; Jane NICHOLSON; Marguerite STEEN)

Sex : Female

Nationality: UK

Born : 1894 May 12
            Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Lived : Blewbury, Oxfordshire, England (final)

Died :   1975 Aug 4
             Blewbury, Oxfordshire, England
aged :   81
More info can be found online at:


More info can be found offline at:
Who Was Who, vol 7
Contemporary Authors, vol 97-100
Obituary in The New York Times, 1975 Aug 6
Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers (1st ed), ed Kay Mussell [1982]
Grant of Probate in England & Wales

             Book Titles              InfoDate(s)Read Online
The Gilt Cage
[written as: Marguerite STEEN]
English
fiction
1926 
Duel In The Dark
(also titled: Dark Duel)
English
fiction
1928 
The Reluctant MadonnaEnglish
fiction
1929 
They That Go Down
(also titled: They That Go Down In Ships)
English
fiction
1930 
Ancestors
[written as: Lennox DRYDEN]
English
fiction
1930 
When The Wind BlowsEnglish
fiction
1931 
UnicornEnglish
fiction
1931 
The Wise And Foolish VirginsEnglish
fiction
1932 
Oakfield PlaysEnglish
drama
published:1932 
SpiderEnglish
fiction
1933 
StallionEnglish
fiction
1933 
Hugh WalpoleEnglish
non-fiction
1933 
PeepshowEnglish
drama
published:1933 
MatadorEnglish
fiction
1934 
The One-Eyed MoonEnglish
fiction
1935 
The TavernEnglish
fiction
1935 
Return Of A HeroineEnglish
fiction
1936 
Matador
[with Matheson LAND]
English
drama
produced:1937 
Who Would Have Daughters?English
fiction
1937 
The Lost One: A Biography Of Mary (Perdita) RobinsonEnglish
biography
1937 
The Marriage Will Not Take Place
(also titled: Family Ties)
English
fiction
1938 
French For Love
[with Derek PATMORE]
English
drama
produced:1939
published:1940
 
A Kind Of Insolence And Other StoriesEnglish
short stories
1940 
The Sun Is My UndoingEnglish
fiction
1941 
Shelter
[written as: Jane NICHOLSON]
English
fiction
1941 
William NicholsonEnglish
non-fiction
1943 
Rose Timson
(title in US: Bell Timson)
English
fiction
1946 
Granada WindowEnglish
fiction
1949 
Twilight On The FloodsEnglish
fiction
1949 
The SwanEnglish
fiction
1951 
Phoenix Rising
(title in US: Jehovah Blues)
English
fiction
1952 
Anna FitzalanEnglish
fiction
1953 
The Bulls Of ParralEnglish
fiction
1954 
The Unquiet SpiritEnglish
fiction
1955 
Little White KingEnglish
non-fiction
1956 
The TowerEnglish
fiction
1959 
The Woman In The Back SeatEnglish
fiction
1959 
A Pride Of Terrys: A Family SagaEnglish
non-fiction
1962 
A Candle In The SunEnglish
fiction
1964 
Looking GlassEnglish
autobiography
1966 
Pier GlassEnglish
autobiography
1968 
Paintings And Drawings Of The Gypsies Of Granada
[with others]
English
non-fiction
1969 
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