Author: Marie M. Sadleir
Author: Marie M. Sadleir (1836–1913)
Alternate Name(s): Nelson (maiden name); A Boy in Belgravia (pseudonym)
Biography: Marie M. Sadleir was born around 1836 in south London, the daughter of composer Sydney Nelson. Her younger sister was the actress Carrie Nelson (died 1916). With her family, she traveled and performed around the world. While in Australia, she had an illegitimate daughter Effie Adelaide Rowlands (who would go on to be an actress and author) with theatre manager Alexander Henderson. Otherwise her life cannot be traced. By the 1890s, she was a widow with one surviving child. Under the pseudonym "A Boy in Belgravia," she wrote a satire Lightest London (1892). She followed with two more novels under her own name. She was living in 1911 and likely died in 1913.
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References: British Census (1851, 1901, 1911); DNB (Sydney Nelson); Wikipedia
Fiction Titles:
- Lightest London: A Farcical Fancy. 1 vol. London: Simpkin, 1892.
- An Uncanny Girl. 1 vol. London: David Stott, 1894.
- Such is the Law!: A Story. 1 vol. London: Greening and Co., 1899.