The Secret of Emu Plain and The Face of the Abbot (Esprios Classics)

L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844-1914) a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon County Cork Ireland daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade of Nohoval County Cork. She later moved to London where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879. She began writing at 17 and produced over 300 books in her lifetime being so prolific that no fewer than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death. She was primarily known for her books for young people of which the most famous was A World of Girls published in 1886. However she also wrote sentimental and sensational stories religious stories historical novels adventure romances and mysteries including several with male co-authors.