British optometrist who served in the British Army Medical Corps
(France, Italy, North Africa) and also worked as pharmacist,
postmaster, optician, gift shop owner in Canary Islands;
mystery/science fiction/supernatural author.
Used pseudonyms when publishing her short stories, such as: L. Purnell Davies, Leo Berne, Richard Bridgeman, Morgan Evans, Ian Jefferson, Lawrence Phillips, Thomas Philips, G. K. Thomas, Leslie Vardre, and Rowland Welch.