Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Dorothy Evelyn Smith (née Jones) was born in 1893 in the Peak District of Derbyshire.
Her father was a minister in the United Free Methodist Church, the family eventually moving to London. However, Dorothy set many of her novels in Yorkshire, which she knew well.
By 1911 Dorothy was a part-time student at an art school, and in 1914, she married James Smith, the son of another non-conformist minister.
During World War I, Dorothy began to write poetry and short stories, some of which were...
