Marjorie Bowen

Marjorie Bowen was one of the best known pseudonyms of Margaret Gabrielle Long, who wrote gothic stories, ghost stories, history, and romances.

Names

Pseudonyms

• Marjorie Bowen
• Joseph Shearing
• George Preedy / George R. Preedy
• John Winch
• Robert Paye

legal names

• Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V Long née Campbell
• Margaret Campbell

published names

• Marjorie Bowen
• Joseph Shearing
• George Preedy
• John Winch
• Robert Paye
• Margaret Campbell

Partial bibliography

• The Viper of Milan (1906) (her first published work)
• Black Magic: a Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist (1909) (Pope Joan)
• A Knight of Spain (1913)
• The Cheats, A Romantic Fantasy (1920)
• Stinging Nettles (1923)
• The Pagoda (1927)
• General Crack (1928) (as George Preedy)
• The Golden Roof (1928)
• Forget-me-Not (1932) (as Joseph Shearing)
• The Last Bouquet, Some Twilight Tales (1933)
• Julia Roseingrave (1933) (as Robert Paye) (witchcraft)
• The Triumphant Beast (1934)
• Trumpets at Rome (1936)
• This Shining Woman (1937)
• God and the Wedding Dress (1938)
• Mr. Tyler's Saints (1939)
• The Circle in the Water (1939)
• Ethics in Modern Art (1939)
• The Crime of Laura Sarelle (1941) (as Joseph Shearing)
• The Spectral Bride, also known as The Fetch (1942) (as Joseph Shearing)
• Airing in a Closed Carriage (1943)
• Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales (1976) (short stories, as Marjorie Bowen)

• The Debate Continues: Being the Autobiography of Marjorie Bowen (1939) (as Margaret Campbell)
• The Angel of the Assassination (1935) (as Joseph Shearing) - a biography of Charlotte Corday
• The Scandal of Sophie Dawes (1934)- about the low-born courtesan Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères, described by Bowen as a "vulgar wanton", "a young slut" and a "gutter rat"

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