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Author: Ina Garvey

Author: Ina Garvey (1856–1947)

Alternate Name(s): Thomasina Ann Garvey (legal name)

Biography: Thomasina Ann Garvey was born in 1856 in London. Her early life cannot be traced. In the 1881 census, she lived with two sisters in London as a teacher of music. By the next decade, she turned to writing where she contributed to several magazines including Punch and wrote two novels. In the early twentieth century, there is some evidence she performed on stage. Garvey died in 1947.

Author Tags:

• Educators
• Journalists

References: British Census (1881, 1901, 1911); Probate

Fiction Titles:

1. Rosamond's Story: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1893.
2. The Dropping of an H.: Being a Story of a Family Complication.  1 vol.  London: H. J. Drane, 1901.