Hunter, Bluebell Matilda
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Working name of Matilda Angela Antonia Hunter (1877-1960), a UK businesswoman – her turn-of-the-century typewriting bureau serviced William Butler Yeats and other writers – and author who published under various names. Those identified include George Lancing and John Guildford. Books of sf interest include Infamous Conduct (1934) as by George Lancing, a Near Future tale dealing with dilemmas in medical ethics as medicine advances; Fraudulent Conversion: A Romance of the Gold Standard (1935) as by George Lancing, a Satire in which a being from another Dimension gives a Professor the power to generate gold sovereigns at will; and The Death Cat (circa 1935) as by John Guildford, which is fantasy. [JC]
Matilda Angela Antonia Hunter (née Williams)
born London: 1877
died London: 5 July 1960
works
- Infamous Conduct (London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1934) as by George Lancing [hb/]
- Fraudulent Conversion: A Romance of the Gold Standard (London: Stanley Paul and Co, 1935) as by George Lancing [hb/]
- The Death Cat (London: Sharman Ellis, circa 1935) as by John Guildford [New Adelphi Novels: pb/]
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