Devanny, Jean, 1894-1962.
Devil made saint / by Jean Devanny. (London : Duckworth, 1930)
Jean Devanny was born in New ZeaIand where she married the radical activist Hal Devanny. They left for Australia in 1929, settling in North Queensland. While still in New Zealand she had published four novels and a book of short stories. Her first novel,
The Butcher Shop is her best-known work, but she wrote twenty-one novels in all. Until 1950 she was very active in the Communist Party.
Devil made saint is set in New Zealand.
