Career
She was the sister of the novelist, the aunt of the mystery and detective novel author Emery Bonett and the sister-in-law of author and playwright Winifred Carter. Plays
Treasures in Heaven 1912
Lass o’ Laughter (cowritten with Nan Marriott-Watson) 1922 – Queen's Theatre
Educating a Husband 1923 – Southend Representative Theatre
Certified Imam 1924 – Theatre Royal, Castleford
The Lovely Liar 1927
The Two Mistress Camerons. A Play in Three Acts (cowritten with Winifred Carter) – Q Theatre, London and Townley Street Sunday School by the CS Players, January 1945.
Published 1936/1937 (United States)
Wanted-a Wife.
A Play in Three Acts (cowritten with Winifred Carter) – Q Theatre, London. Published 1936/1937 (United States) (possibly originally published 1922 or 1926)
From Duckling to Swan: Woman Can Be Beautiful 1948
Edith Carter"s brother, John Louis Justin Carter (b Eccleshall, Sheffield 1880-d West Byfleet, Surrey 9 February 1959), was also an author and playwright, who wrote under several pseudonyms.
He adapted at least one of her plays into a novel. Known works
Peggy the Aeronaut 1910 – as J. L. J. Carter
Nymphet – 1915 as Compton Irving Carter
Come Day, Go Day 1922 – as
Educating a Husband: From the Play of that Name by Edith Carter 1926 – as Compton Irving Carter
White Sheikh.
A Novel 1935 – as Compton Irving
His Lady Secretary.
A Comedy in Three Acts 1938 – as Compton Irving
Daughter of Egypt 1937 – as Compton Irving
Wings to the Peacock 1939 – as Compton Irving Carter.
