Annie French Malone, Mrs. Hector (1825-1902), who wrote under the pseudonym Mrs. Alexander, was a popular Irish author. Her works include: Look Before you Leap (1865), Which Shall It Be? (1866), Temple Bar (1873), The Wooing O"t (1873), Her Dearest Foe (1876), Heritage of Langdale (1877), The Freres (1882), The Admiral"s Ward (1883), Executor (1883), Valerie"s Fate (1884), A Second Life (1885), Mona"s Choice (1887), A Life Interest (1887), A Crooked Path (1889), Woman"s Wit (1891), Blind Fate (1891), A Ward in Chancery (1894), Maid, Wife or Widow?: An Episode of the "66 War (1895), A Choice of Evils (1895), A Golden Autumn (1896), Mrs. Crichton"s Creditor (1897), A Fight with Fate (1898), Barbara, Lady"s Maid and Peeress (1898), The Cost of Her Pride (1899), The Step-Mother (1900), Through Fire to Fortune (1900), A Missing Hero (1901), and Kitty Costello (her autobiography) (1902).