_Amelia Blandford Edwards, the daughter of an English officer, was
born in London in 1831 and died in 1892. Though principally known to
fame as an Egyptologist of note, she began publishing novels in 1864,
among them being "Debenham's Vow," "Miss Carew, and Other Tales" and
"Lord Brackenbury." "The Four-Fifteen Express" was published at the
height of her popularity as a writer of fiction. Miss Edwards
lectured in the United States in 1889-90._