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Dora Amy Elles (who later wrote as PW ) was born at Mussoorie in India, in the foothills of the Himalayas, one of at least three children in her family.

WP sometimes partnered her wryly comic take on middle-class daily life with a detective or mystery element. Two of the resulting titles have been reprinted by Dean Street Press in its Golden Age Mystery series...

In May-July 2016 the Dean Street Press re-issued thirty-three novels by PW , first published between 1923 znd 1945. Most appeared in the Golden Age Mystery series, but some in each of four series named...

The Lark was serialized before publication in book form. EN said she had thought of it as a girls' story but found it was popular with young men. It has been re-issued by Dean Street Press

This novel was reprinted by Dean Street Press in 2016 with an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford .