Career
She wrote her first novel,, whilst studying journalism at University College London. Her literary reputation was established by the publication of her biography of Robert Browning (1952), which earned her a place in the Royal Society of Literature. After the Second World War she wrote extensively for literary journals including Horizon, Cornhill and The Twentieth Century.
Of her seven novels, two are still in print: Farewell, Leicester Square (1941), published by Persephone Books in 2000, and, published by Capuchin Classics in 2012.
The couple had two children: Sarah, now deceased, and Sir Jonathan Miller, the theatre and opera director