Capel Boake

Doris Boake Kerr (29 August 1889 at Summer Hill, Sydney – 5 June 1944 at Caulfield, Victoria) was a writer who published using the pseudonyms Capel Boake^[1] and Stephen Grey.^[2]

Capel Boake

Her publishing career began with a story appearing in the Australasian in January 1916. She later published a number of other stories in publications such as The Weekly Times, The Bulletin and The Herald.^[2]

She used the pseudonym Stephen Grey when writing in collaboration with Bernard Cronin.^[2]

The subject matter of her work included the options available to women in the early twentieth century, circus life, and early Melbourne history.^[1]

She was a founding member of the Society of Australian Authors as well as participating in local literary societies.^[2]

She was a niece of the Australian author Barcroft Boake.^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

• Painted Clay (1917), Melbourne,^[3] published by the Australasian Authors' Agency and reprinted by Virago London in 1986,^[4] ISBN 086068766X
• The Romany Mark (1923), New South Wales Bookstall Co^[5]
• The Dark Thread (1936), Hutchinson London^[6]
• The Twig is Bent (1946), Angus & Robertson, written with the aid of a Commonwealth literary grant but published posthumously, Sydney^[7]

Poetry

• Kangaroo Rhymes (1922), Melbourne, as by "Stephen Grey"^[8]
• The Selected Poems of Capel Boake (1949), Melbourne^[9]