Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Daphne du Maurier was an author of the famous novels, such as 'Jamaica Inn', 'Frenchman's Creek' and Rebecca', which was inspired by her love of Cornwall where she lived.
During and after the war, the du Mauriers’ marriage became strained. This prompted her to write a play, The Years Between (performed in 1944), which explored the effects of war on marriage. My Cousin Rachel (1951) was followed by two collections of short stories, The Apple Tree (1952) and The Breaking Point (1959); the latter was also influenced by her psychological stress. The Scapegoat (1957), a novel exploring themes of stolen identity and the self, is appreciated by critics as a more serious work, though at the time it was pigeonholed as another of her romantic thrillers. In 1963, Alfred Hitchcock’s film version of her short story The Birds, was released and became a cult classic.