A critical biography of the popular 1920s novelist G. B. Lancaster (the pen name of Edith Lyttleton), this book tells the moving story of her life and work. Sturm paints a fascinating picture of the harsh experience of a woman writer in the first half of the 20th century whose economic circumstances shaped much of her output but who struggled nonetheless to move beyond the limits of potboilers toward more serious and original work.

Considers the place of Ida Rentoul Outhwaites's watercolours and pen-and-ink drawings in the "Golden Age" of English book illustration. This book also tells of her Melbourne background and childhood, and her successful career in Australia and overseas. $