Macaulay, (Emilie) Rose (1881–1958)

English novelist. The serious vein of her early novels changed to light satire in Potterism (1920) and Keeping up Appearances (1928). Her later books include The World My Wilderness (1950) and The Towers of Trebizond (1956; Tait Black Memorial Prize). Her work reflects the contemporary scene with wit and a shrewd understanding. She was made a DBE in 1958.

She was born in Rugby, Warwickshire. Her childhood and early youth were spent mainly in Italy, and her first novel, The Valley Captives (1911), appeared while she was still an undergraduate at Oxford. Other novels include Dangerous Ages (1921) (Femina Vie Heureuse Prize), Told By an Idiot (1923), They Were Defeated (1932), I Would Be Private (1937), and And No Man's Wit (1940). They Went to Portugal (1948) and The Fabled Shore (1950) are travel books. Letters to a Friend was published posthumously in 1961.