Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Vernon Lee

Born: October 14, 1856
Died: February 13, 1935 (aged 78)
Bio: Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget. She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics.
Known for:
- Hauntings (1890)
- A Phantom Lover (1886)
- Miss Brown (1884)
- Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy (1880)