Her parents separated when Marryat was young her childhood was divided between her parents' residences, where she was privately educated. Marryat was born in Brighton, Sussex, in 1833, daughter of author and naval Captain Frederick Marryat and his wife, Catherine ( née Shairp). During the 1890s, she ran a school of Journalism and Literary Art. She was a prolific author, writing around 70 books, as well as newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and works for the stage.įrom 1876 to 1890, she had a performing career, at first writing and performing a comic touring piano sketch entertainment, together with George Grossmith and later performing in dramas, comedies, comic opera with a D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, her own one-woman show, and appearing as a lecturer, dramatic reader and public entertainer. Her works include Love’s Conflict (1865), Her Father's Name (1876), There is No Death (1891) and The Spirit World (1894), The Dead Man's Message (1894) and The Blood of the Vampire (1897). Frederick Marryat, she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century. Florence Marryat (9 July 1833 – 27 October 1899) was a British author and actress.
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