Hunt, Violet, 1866-1942

Biography

Isabel Violet Hunt was born on September 28, 1862 in Durham, England; she was the eldest daughter of landscape artist Alfred William Hunt and novelist Margaret Peacock; attended Notting Hill and Ealing High School in London; published poetry in Century magazine at age 13; her first short story, A Thief in the Night, was published under the pseudonym Violet Herris in Belgravia magazine; became an active feminist, joining the Women's Social and Political Union; wrote collections of short stories and novels, including: The Maiden's Progress (1894), A Hard Woman (1895), The Human Interest (1899), Affairs of the Heart (1900), White Rose of Weary Leaf (1908), Tales of the Uneasy (1911), and More Tales of the Uneasy (1925); became contributor, reader, and subeditor for Ford Madox Ford's English Review ; died on January 16, 1942.

From the guide to the Violet Hunt Manuscript Notebook, 1873-1911, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)