 Others have argued that Hays had little to lose and did not include Wollstonecraft for other reasons—her stated reason that she was too recently dead, and because she had already written and published a full obituary that should perhaps be considered part of "Female Biography".Moving to Camberwell in 1804 thanks to the income from "Female Biography", Hays became known to more literary figures of the time, including Charles and Mary Lamb and William Blake.The last 20 years of her life were difficult, with little income and only moderate praise for her work.