Joseph Stirling Coyne

An early literary acquaintance of MBE was the playwright Joseph Stirling Coyne (known as Sterling Coyne), whom she met through her cousin Amelia B. Edwards .MBE pursued a lasting friendship with Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

ABE was a friend of the dramatist Sterling Coyne , to whom she also introduced her cousin. Later close friends included Ellen Braysher , with whom she lived, and Lucy Renshawe , with whom she travelled.