Muriel Hine

Muriel Hine (18 January 1874 – 16 June 1949) was a prolific British novelist under her own name and as Mrs Sidney Coxon (from the name of her husband). She published 35 volumes of romantic fiction between 1910 and 1950.

Biography

Born Muriel Florence Hine in Nottinghamshire, England at the beginning of 1874 to George Thomas Hine the architect, and Florence Deane nee Cooper. Muriel married in 1903 to Sidney Coxon. She died in Chelsea in June 1949.

Literary work

She was a romantic novelist who wrote both under her own name and as Mrs Sidney Coxon after she married in July 1903. She also wrote as Nicholas Bevel. At least one of her novels was turned into a film, the silent film Fifth Avenue Models in 1925 starring Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry and Josef Swickard. Her novels included the fantasy genre and at least one with a feminist theme. Her books were translated into at least Swedish (translated by A. Björklund) and Finnish. Hine also published short stories in magazines.