An Original Signed Portrait Print by Dame Daphne du Maurier. Dated 1985. Daphne Du Maurier DBE 1907 – 1989 was an English author and playwright. Although she is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. Her bestselling works were not at first taken seriously by critics, but have since earned an enduring reputation for narrative craft. Many have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn, and the short stories The Birds and Don't Look Now/Not After Midnight. Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. Size 210 x 155mm Condition is good. Light finger creasing to edges.