Edith Mary England
# Edith Mary England

Edith Mary England (1 July 1899 – 1979/1981) was an Australian novelist and poet who was born in Townsville, Queensland.

## Biography

England was born in Townsville, Queensland to John England and Jane Kelly England. She moved to Boonah in south-east Queensland at the age of six, and was later educated in Sydney and at Ipswich Grammar. She received a degree in music and taught for a while. In 1922, England married Schomberg Montagu Bertie, and had two daughters, Caroline (1923) and Patricia (1926). Bertie died in 1937, and in 1938 England left Boonah. She was remarried in 1942 to Harry August Anders.

E. M. England died in 1979 or 1981.

## Writing career

Her first published poems appeared in the Australian Town and Country Journal in 1915 and her first poetry collection was published in 1927. She published eight novels during her lifetime with the first appearing as a serial in The Queenslander in 1928–29.

