.                     In 1787,  Ann married journalist
         William Radcliffe,  who was part-owner
    & editor of the English Chronicle;  William
    often came home late & to occupy her time,
Ann took up writing;         eagerly reading her work to him
when he came in.       Their marriage was childless
but happy;                  Ann called him her "nearest
    relative and best friend" & the money she earned
            from her novels later allowed them to travel
with their dog Chance.   In her final years, Radcliffe
retreated from public life;  rumored to have become
                                  insane as a result of her writing -

Little is known of Ann Radcliffe's life.
In 1823, the year of her death, the
Edinburgh Review, said, "She never
appeared in public,     nor mingled
in private society,  but kept herself
apart, like the sweet bird that sings  
its solitary notes, shrouded & unseen."

Christina Rossetti attempted to write a biography
of Ann, but abandoned it for lack of information;

      According to Ruth Facer,
"Physically,   she was said to
be 'exquisitely proportioned' –
quite short, beautiful complexion–
  'as was her whole countenance,
especially her eyes, eyebrows &
                                         mouth.'"