John Oliver Hobbes Biography

	Pearl Mary-Teresa Richards Craigie Born: 1867-11-03 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Died: 1906-08-13 Location of Death: London Cause of Death: Heart Failure Race: White Religion: Roman Catholic Field: Novelist Famous for: English novelist
Field: Novelist

Pearl Richards Craigie (1867-1906) was an English novelist. She employed the pen name John Oliver Hobbes. She was the eldest daughter of John Morgan Richards, a businessman in Boston, Massachusetts.

She married Reginald E. Craigie in 1887 but secured a divorce in 1895. Her style is cynical, brilliant, and epigrammatic, especially in dialogue.

Mrs Craigie died suddenly of heart failure in London on the 13th of August 1906.