Kathleen Hewitt

Kathleen Hewitt (b. Darjeeling, 11 November 1893 – d. London, 12 June 1980) was a British author and playwright. She wrote more than 20 novels during her lifetime. She also wrote at least one novel under the pseudonym Dorothea Martin,[1] and edited the writing of West African journalist Marjorie Mensah.[2] Hewitt mainly wrote mystery and thriller novels, with a style comparable to Agatha Christie. She was married to the marine painter Neville Sotheby Pitcher, whom she later divorced. Hewitt was also a frequent contributor to Lilliput magazine. Her plays included The Man Who Meant Well and African Shadows.

Kathleen Hewitt with a sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein

Kathleen Hewitt was part of the 1930s artistic set in London that included Meum Stewart, Jacob Epstein and Dylan Thomas. She was a friend of the poet Roy Campbell and his wife Mary Campbell, a painter, and dedicated her book Decoration to them.[3] She lived at various times in South Africa and Nigeria, in Reading, Berks, and Brighton, Sussex. In London she lived in the Edgware Road and at 2 Coningsby Road, South Ealing.