Elizabeth Sara Sheppard

Elizabeth Sara Sheppard (1826 – 13 March 1862) was a 19th-century British novelist.

Life Sheppard was born in 1826 in Blackheath, London.

Writing career

She began her most notable novel, Charles Auchester, at age sixteen. Benjamin Disraeli, a British conservative politician and author, who served twice as Prime Minister, agreed to help Sheppard. He not only recommended her book to his own publisher, but he also wrote to the aspiring writer, saying, "No greater book will ever be written upon music, and it will one day be recognised as the imaginative classic of divine art."

The name "E. Berger" appeared as a nom de plume on the title page of Charles Auchester, although it was initially published without an acknowledged author. However, comments on her work were not always complimentary.

Publications Charles Auchester 1853. Counterparts or the Cross of Love 1854. My First Season by Beatrice Reynolds, edited by Sheppard. 1855. The Double Coronet 1856. Rumour: A Novel 1858. Almost a Heroine 1859.