Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield (born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp) was a New Zealand writer born on October 14, 1888, in Wellington. She held citizenship in New Zealand and was primarily known for her short stories, such as "The Garden Party" and "The Fly". Her works fall under the genre of modernism. Besides being a writer, Mansfield was also a poet. She sometimes used the pseudonym Katherine Murry and was known by the alias Katherine Murry.

Mansfield completed her education at Wellington Girls' College and later attended Queen's College, London. Her father was Harold Beauchamp. Katherine Mansfield passed away on January 9, 1923, in Fontainebleau.