 She is now best remembered for her World War I novel "" (published in America as "Stepdaughters of War") which adapts the style of Erich Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" to depict the experiences of British female ambulance drivers.During her lifetime she was known for her many romance novels, some of which were serialised in national newspapers, as well as for her children's books starring the popular character Jane Turpin.In the nineteen-fifties, she became a regular performer on television, as a storyteller and as an astrologer.