M. P. Shiel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetM. P. Shiel
British writer
Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1865
Place of Birth: Montserrat, British Overseas Territories, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 17-Feb-1947
Profession: writer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About M. P. Shiel
- Matthew Phipps Shiell (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947), known as M.
- P.
- Shiel, was a British writer.
- His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name. He is remembered mainly for supernatural horror and scientific romances.
- His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories.
- The Purple Cloud (1901, revised 1929) remains his most often reprinted novel.
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