May Edginton

May Edginton (originally Helen Marion Edginton, 20 December 1883 – 17 June 1957) was an English writer who had over 50 popular novels published in London. She also wrote plays, collaborating with Rudolf Besier on two of them. Some of her fiction works were filmed. Her work was translated into several languages, including Hungarian and Chinese. Edginton was born on 20 December 1883 in England. She wrote for The Royal Magazine, where she met the editorial staff and also novelist Francis Evans Bailey (died 1962), whom she married in 1912. They had one son, and separated in 1930.She died at 73 in Rondebosch, South Africa, on 17 June 1957.