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Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915) was a prominent English novelist and playwright best known for her Victorian sensation fiction. Rising from modest beginnings, she gained fame with Lady Audley’s Secret, which cemented her reputation for blending mystery, psychology, and social critique. Prolific and influential, Braddon wrote more than 80 novels and helped shape popular Victorian literature. She is known for her focus on bigamous relationships in her novels, as well as her illegitimate marriage to John Maxwell. Aside from writing, Braddon worked as an actress for eight years as a way to support herself and her mother.

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