Bluebell M. Hunter (1878 – 1960) was an English writer of science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction who wrote under several pseudonyms.
She was born Matilda Maya Angela Antonia Williams and married civil servant Hugh Stewart Hunter.[1] Their son was barrister Muir Hunter.[2]
She was an acquaintance of H.G. Wells, who wrote to her that her name was 'at the heart' of his library and that 'Never if I live to be a thousand years old shall I have so PERFECTLY LOVELY a book dedicated to me again as Death Turns the Tide [sic].'[3]
Works
editAs George Lancing: Science fiction and historical fiction set in China
edit- Infamous Conduct (1934)
- Fraudulent Conversion: A Romance of the Gold Standard (1935)
- Madame Manchu
- The Eunuch
- Mating of the Dragon (1946)[4]
- Dragon in Chains (1947)[5]
As John Guildford: Fantasy and detective fiction
edit- The Death Cat
- Big Ben Looks On
- Death Dams the Tide
She also wrote as Basil Hunter and as Boris M. Hunter for magazines.[6]
References
edit- ^ According to Smith, she was the daughter of H.G. Wells’ solicitor E.S.P. Haynes, whereas the ODNB has her maiden name as Williams.
- ^ Goldman, Lawrence (2013-03-07). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. OUP Oxford. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-19-967154-0.
- ^ Smith, David C. (2022-08-15). The Correspondence of H.G. Wells: Volumes 1–4. Taylor & Francis. p. 429. ISBN 978-1-000-80683-0.
- ^ Lancing, George (1946). The Mating of the Dragon. R. Hale limited.
- ^ Lancing, George (1947). Dragon in Chains. R. Hale.
- ^ Carty, T. J. (2015-12-03). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. p. 526. ISBN 978-1-135-95578-6.