Author: Julia Hack
Author: Julia Hack (1842–1913)
Alternate Name(s): Cutler (married name)
Biography: Julia Africaine Hack was born on 6 March 1842 in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of businessman Stephen Hack, an early settler of south Australia. (Julia was born on her father's second voyage to Australia.) After her father's enterprises failed, the family returned to England in the early 1860s. In 1862, she married clergyman Charles Septimus Cutler and the couple had six children. For the next several decades, Hack lived in Hathersage where her husband was the vicar. In middle age, she wrote fiction under her maiden name–apparently, that was enough to hide her authorship from her friends and neighbors. One obituary noted her command of the local Derbyshire dialect which featured in several of her books and serials. For the last fourteen years of her life she was an invalid. She died in September 1913 in Worcester.
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References: British Census (1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911); Derby Daily Telegraph (4 October 1913); Manchester Courier (21 June 1862); Wikipedia
Fiction Titles:
- In Self-Defence. 1 vol. London: Partridge, 1899.
- Kathleen: or, A Maiden's Influence. 1 vol. London: Partridge, 1899.
- The Crew of the "Jolly Sandboy". 1 vol. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1900.
- Leo, a Muff. 1 vol. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1901.