 Gertrude Barrows Bennett

Gertrude Barrows Bennett (September 18, 1884February 2, 1948), known by the pseudonym Francis Stevens, was a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction.Bennett wrote a number of fantasies between 1917 and 1923 and has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy".Her most famous books include "Claimed" (which Augustus T. Swift, in a letter to "The Argosy" called "One of the strangest and most compelling science fantasy novels you will ever read") and the lost world novel "The Citadel of Fear".