Charlotte Dacre Author

Charlotte Dacre, whose birth date is unknown, was the daughter of a famous moneylender in 18th century London. In her lifetime, she was best known as a poet, publishing especially in The Morning Post under the pseudonym Rosa Matilda. She married the paper's editor, Nicholas Byrne in 1815, although they had already lived together for a decade, and had three children. Dacre published four novels, of which Zofloya is the second. She died in London in 1825.