Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860-1939) was a novelist born in Drumaness, Co Down in Ireland. She published her first novel Irene Iddesleigh at her own expense in 1898. She wrote a number of novels and poetry. Despite not being read very widely her eccentric writing style was famed amongst critics and admirers as creating some of the worst prose and poetry ever written. Her novel Irene Iddesleigh was published by Nonesuch Press in 1926. She was heavily influenced by the novelist Marie Corelli. Her admirers included Mark Twain, Aldous Huxley and Lord Beveridge. Belfast Public Libraries holds a large collection of manuscripts, typescripts and first editions of her work. Manuscript copies include Irene Iddesleigh, Sir Benjamin Bunn and Six months in Hell. Typescript versions of all the above are held together with Rector Rose, St. Scandal Bags and The Murdered Heiress among others. The collection of first editions covers all her major works including volumes of her poetry Fumes of Formation and Poems of Puncture, together with lesser known pieces such as Kaiser Bill and Donald Dudley: The Bastard Critic. The collection contains hundreds of letters addressed to Ross, many with her own comments in the margins. Also included are typed copies of her letters to newspapers, correspondence with her admiring publisher T.S. Mercer, an album of newspaper cuttings and photographs, and a script for a BBC broadcast from July 1943. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Nonesuch Press was a private press founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell, his wife Vera, and David Garnett. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Marie Corelli (1855 - 1924), novelist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. ... Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was a British writer who emigrated to the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the second-largest city in Ireland. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... Jump to: navigation, search Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...