 She went on record saying she "had never heard of William", even though William stories were regularly advertised on Jane book dust jackets.The famous illustrator Thomas Henry illustrated both Jane and William books, but signed the illustrations for the Jane books as "Marriott", to distinguish the two series.In 1930, Albert E. Marriott, who had recently started a publishing company, asked Evadne Price, who was known for her skill at pastiche, to write a parodic version of Erich Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front", featuring women at war; his suggested title was "All Quaint on the Western Front".