Emma Leslie
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Born1838
Greenwich, Kent, England
Died1909 (aged 71)
Pembroke, Wales
Pen nameEmma Leslie
OccupationWriter
Emma Boultwood | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1838 Greenwich, Kent, England |
| Died | 1909 (aged 71) Pembroke, Wales |
| Pen name | Emma Leslie |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genres | Children's and historical books |
| Spouse |
Thomas Francis Dixon
(m. 1873) |
| Children | 2 |
Emma Leslie was the pseudonym of Emma Boultwood (1838–1909), an English writer of children's books and historical fiction. She wrote more than one hundred books.[1]
Emma Boultwood was born in 1838 in Greenwich in north-west Kent, the daughter of Thomas Boultwood, a bootmaker. For a time she worked as a governess.[1] She started writing in the 1860s, publishing children's and historical fiction for the Religious Tract Society and the Sunday School Union.[1] Her younger sister, Harriet Boultwood, also became a novelist, and wrote dozens of books for religious publishers.[2]
