Author: Mary Emma Hattersley
Author: Mary Emma Hattersley (1853–1897)
Biography: Mary Emma Hattersley was born in 1853 in Aswarby, Lincolnshire, the only child of Amran Hattersley, the groom for the vicar of Aswarby. Despite her humble origins, she trained as a teacher. In addition to her duties, she wrote a long poem Nehemiah (1877) and a novel Norstone (1879). She never married and lived with her parents. Late in life, they moved to Liddington where she died on 29 April 1897.
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References: British Census (1861, 1871, 1881, 1891); Sleaford Gazette (15 May 1897)
Fiction Titles:
- Norstone: or, The Rifts in the Cloud. 1 vol. London: Griffith and Farran, 1879.