Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835 – 1915). English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 novel Lady Audley's Secret, which is considered one of the foundational examples of sensation fiction. She is known for her focus on bigamous relationships in her novels, as well as her illegitimate marriage to John Maxwell (1824–1895), a publisher of periodicals
Aside from writing, Braddon worked as an actress for eight years as a way to support herself and her mother. After establishing herself as a successful writer, she worked as a magazine editor and publisher. Braddon founded the magazine Belgravia in 1866.
- "Tall with curly auburn hair, and later described as having a very fine speaking voice, she decided upon the then shocking career of actress." https://www.sensationpress.com/literarylives.htm
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| Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Braddon by William Powell Frith, 1865 |
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