Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868-1947), born Marie Adelaide Belloc, was a prolific British novelist active in the early 20th century, best known for her psychological thriller 'The Lodger' (1913). The daughter of French lawyer Louis Belloc and English feminist writer Bessie Rayner Parkes, Lowndes was exposed to literary life from a young age. She wrote numerous novels, short stories, plays, and biograph...