Author: Violet M. Firth (Dion Fortune)
Alternate names: Violet Mary Firth Evans; Dion Fortune
Born: 1890
Died: 1946
Bio: **Violet Mary Firth Evans** 

Better known as Dion Fortune, was a British occultist and author. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "*Deo, non fortuna*" (Latin for "*by God, not fate*"), originally the ancient motto of the Barons & Earls Digby.