Dinah Maria Mulock, daughter of Thomas and Mary Dinah Mulock, was born on Apr. 20, 1826 at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England; her father was a minister, who later was separated from his family; her mother died in 1845; her brother Benjamin (1829-63) was a civil engineer whose work took him to Brazil, Russia and other places; her other brother Thomas spent much time at sea; Dinah Maria moved to London about 1846; began writing stories for young people, as well as poetry and novels, including Cola monti (1849), The Ogilvies (1849), Olive (1850), John Halifax, gentleman (1857), The little lame prince (1874), and Poems of thirty years, new and old (1881); she married George Lillie Craik, a partner in the house of Macmillan & Co., in 1864, and moved to Shortlands, near Bromley, Kent; she died on Oct. 12, 1887.
From the description of Papers, 1803-1893. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40352278
