Theodora Benson

Eleanor Theodora Roby Benson (21 August 1906 – 25 December 1968) was an English writer.

Early life Benson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, the daughter of Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood. She went to school at Queen's College and Cheltenham Ladies' College. She studied Malay at the School of Oriental Studies in Bloomsbury, London.

Career Benson published her first novel, Salad Days, in 1928.

Benson's early novels in particular were highly praised. and an edited collection. The Spectator wrote:Miss Theodora Benson presents us with her best short stories, wherein she skips amusingly enough over the face of the globe east and west, and at her ease everywhere. The tales are slick with slickly, amusing dialogue and heroines of magazine-cover looks. But gentleness can be glimpsed sometimes under the Vogue allure. The Times published an obituary for Benson, which was followed by additional contributions from Elizabeth Jenkins and Betty Askwith. Askwith wrote in praise of Benson's writing:Theodora pursued her serious work, and not only wrote perceptive and readable novels but also experimented with new techniques.

Successful at time of publication,