Croker, Bithia May (c. 1849–1920)

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Croker, Bithia May (c. 1849–1920)

Irish novelist and short-story writer. Name variations: Mrs. B.M. Croker; Bithia Mary Croker; Mary Croker. Born Bithia May (or Mary) Sheppard, c. 1849, in Co. Roscommon, Ireland; died Oct 20, 1920, in London, England; dau. of William Sheppard (rector of Kilgefin); m. John Croker (lieutenant-colonel).

Lived in India and Far East with husband before returning to England, and many of her stories deal with upper-class life in India and Ireland; works include Proper Pride (1882), Diana Barrington (1888), Married or Single (1895), In the Kingdom of Kerry and Other Stories (1896), Jason and Other Stories (1899), The Happy Valley (1904), Fame (1910), The Road to Mandalay (1917) and The House of Rest (1921).

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