Grace Little was born in
Boyle, County Roscommon on 12 July 1865. Joseph Bennet Little, her landowner father, lost his money through gambling and, after receiving a good education from governesses, she and her sisters had to move to
London as adults to earn a living. She was both the wife and literary companion to
Ernest Percival Rhys whom she met at a garden party given by
Yeats. They married on 5 January 1891, and had three children. The couple sometimes worked side by side in the
British Museum. Her first novel,
Mary Dominic, was published in 1898.
The Bride (1909), and
Five Beads on a String (1907), a book of essays. She also wrote poetry and books for children, and had a son and two daughters of her own. ==References==