Vernon Lee

Vernon Lee
Portrait of Violet Paget by John Singer Sargent
Born	Violet Paget (1856-10-14)14 October 1856 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Died	13 February 1935(1935-02-13) (aged 78) San Gervasio Bresciano, Italy
Occupation	Short-story writer, essayist
Nationality	British
Genre	Short story, supernatural

Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics. An early follower of Walter Pater, she wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music and travel.