Daphne Du Maurier

An influential British author, Daphne Du Maurier was an institution within her own right, who came to be respected as a masterful storyteller with a keen eye for both structure and form, something which many have tried to replicate over the intervening years since her death to varying degrees of success. Usually utilizing a moody and foreboding atmosphere, she became well known for her trademarked style that would evoke recognition among readers for years to come. With a somewhat darker feel to her work, she would also bring in elements of the paranormal to help underpin her material, giving it the extra weight it needed to really stand-out at the time.