Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys was a British novelist who was born and raised in the Caribbean island country of Dominica. From the age of sixteen, she was mainly a resident of England, where she was sent for her education. She is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. In 1978, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her writing.