I've spent quite a bit of energy putting together the information I can on the novelist Dorothy Bowers (1902-1948). I have a listing of most of the information I've managed to track down in a biography with sourcing, as well as transcribed the only short story found so far - The Spy at Chateau Bas, and a post describing all her novels.
In my biographical post, I note that "I have found little biographical information on Dorothy’s life, and as far as I can ascertain, no photo of Dorothy is known to exist."
Thankfully I found the below photo. The photograph was taken around 1938, when Dorothy was 36 at the time of the publication of her first book. It makes me realize that the Hodder & Stoughton archives might hold a photo of Dorothy in their files.
For now it remains the only one. I was recently notified that this was likely a scan of a microfilm, and that the original newspaper scan would provide a better photo - so that's my next challenge!
Liverpool Daily Post - Wednesday 24 August 1938
Secondly, I've continued to search for answers to both where Dorothy's remains were interred (or what their fate was), and to seek out a photograph.
Some searching led me to someone whose family had known Dorothy, and they shared that they had a photo of Dorothy's grave marked 'Hereford Cemetery'. I have contacted the cemetery several times without success, but I placed a request on 'Findagrave' and thanks to Phil Bufton we now have photograph of the grave thanks to some wonderful person:
Hereford Cemetery
I'm so thrilled to finally know where Dorothy rests. The headstone looks to be in good condition, but I hope to visit it some day and clean it.
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