Hull, E. M.

E. M. Hull was the pseudonym of Edith Maude Winstanley Hull, nee Henderson (b. 16 August 1880 - d. 11 February 1947) was a British writer of eight romance novels from 1919 to 1939, best known for being the author of the novel The Sheik which became an international best seller in 1921. This novel is credited with starting the hugely popular "desert-romance" genre. Hull followed The Sheik with subsequent novels The Shadow of the East, The Desert Healer, and The Sons of the Sheik.