Jean Marishall

01 January 1745 - 01 January 1788

JM , a later-eighteenth-century Scotswoman, made persistent efforts to earn her living as an author. She worked on a periodical and published in succession two novels, a comedy, and a collection of letters. This last contains what is probably her most memorable writing: detailed accounts of her protracted and painful dealings, as a writer, with publishers and theatre managers who were sceptical of her market worth.

Milestones

After February 1788

JM published at Edinburgh her last known work, A Series of Letters, with the titles of her three previous publications on the title-page.

English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

Biography

Birth and Family

From the date of her first publication JM must have been born some time or other before 1745.

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