Daphne du Maurier
(1907–1989)

Born into a privileged family, Daphne du Maurier was educated at home by governesses. Her love of reading started early in childhood. Some of the authors she most admired included the Brontë sisters and Katherine Mansfield. Du Maurier started writing during her teenage years, and she published her first novel, The Loving Spirit (1931), at the age of 24. The success of her novel helped connect du Maurier with her future husband, Frederick Arthur Montague Browning, who was a fan of her work. The couple met in April, 1932, and they married just a few months later. They had three children.

Her most acclaimed novel, Rebecca, was published in 1938 and received the National Book Award. In the years that followed, du Maurier wrote many more novels, in addition to novellas, biographies, autobiographies, and short-story collections.

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