Dorothea Conyers

Dorothea Conyers (11 November 1869 – 25 May 1949) was an Irish novelist. Her books are romantic novels set among the Irish sporting gentry. Her output numbered some 40 titles.

Life Dorothea Conyers was born Dorothea Spaight Blood-Smith in Fedamore, County Limerick on 11 November 1869. She was one of twin daughters of Colonel John Blood-Smith and Amelia Blood-Smith (née Spaight). Her family were part of the Protestant landed gentry, but the family fortunes declined after the death of her father when she was very young. Writing about her childhood, she was aware of the social and political upheaval in Ireland, which saw the family targeted by vandalism. Some of her papers are held in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA.

Selected works Peter's pedigree (1904) The boy, some horses and a girl (1908) The conversion of Con Cregan (1909) Lady Elverton's Emeralds (1909) For Henri of Navarre (1911) Sporting Reminiscences (1920) The Two Maureens (1924) Bobbie (1928) A lady of discretion (1939)