Author: Maria Edgeworth
Alternate names: Edgeworth, Maria; Maria, Edgeworth; maria edgeworth; MARIA EDGEWORTH; Maria EDGEWORTH; MARIA. EDGEWORTH; Maria R. Edgeworth; Maria 1767-1849 Edgeworth; Maria 1767-1849 Absentee Edgeworth; Maria (1768-1849) Edgeworth; María Edgeworth; Maria Maria Edgeworth; Edgeworth Maria
Born: 1 January 1768
Died: 22 May 1849
Bio: A prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth>Wikipedia</a>).