Edward Frederic Benson, known as E.F. Benson, was a prolific English writer born on July 24, 1867, in Wellington College, Berkshire. He was one of the Benson family, with two brothers who were also writers. E.F. Benson is widely recognized for his Mapp and Lucia series, a collection of satirical novels that lampoon the upper-middle-class society of the 1920s and 1930s in England. He was adept at b...