Bluebell M. Hunter

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

As George Lancing: Science fiction and historical fiction set in China

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

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

^ 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.

External links

Bluebell Hunter at Science Fiction Encyclopedia

[1] 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.

[2] Goldman, Lawrence (2013-03-07). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. OUP Oxford. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-19-967154-0.

[3] 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.

[4] Lancing, George (1946). The Mating of the Dragon. R. Hale limited.

[5] Lancing, George (1947). Dragon in Chains. R. Hale.

[6] Carty, T. J. (2015-12-03). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. p. 526. ISBN 978-1-135-95578-6.

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