Author Information At the Circulating LibraryAuthor: Jessie Bedford (1853–1918) Alternate Name(s): Elizabeth Godfrey (pseudonym) Biography: Jessie Bedford was born in 1853 in Twyford, Hampshire, the daughter of Rev. James Bedford, a clergyman, educator, and author. She was educated at home and as a young woman travelled to Germany. After the death of her father, Bedford began writing fiction under the pseudonym "Elizabeth Godfrey" beginning with Twixt Wood and Sea (1892), a novel in which the heroine is married to a profligate gambler and writer of Zolaesque novels. She went on to write about ten more. During her life, Bedford had a wide circle of literary friends including Lucas Malet, Margaret Roberts, Swinburne, and Theodore Watts-Dunton. She resided near Bournemouth, never married, and died in 1918. References: British Census (1881); DNB; The Literary World (1 June 1902); Times (24 May 1918) Titles:
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