Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe, a Welsh novelist born in Newcastle Emlyn, wrote under the pseudonym Allen Raine. In 1912, her novels had sold more than two million copies. Anne Adalisa Evans was born in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, the eldest daughter of Benjamin Evans, a lawyer, and his wife, Letitia Grace Evans, whose father was also a lawyer and grandson of David Davis (1745-1827). Allen Raine's mother was a granddaughter of Daniel Rowland. In 1849, Mary was transferred to Cheltenham to be educated with the family of Henry Solly, a Unitarian clergyman. The family featured literary figures such as George Eliot, Mrs Henry Wood, and Bulwer-Lytton. She eventually moved to the suburbs of London with her sister, Lettie. She returned to Wales in 1856 and married banker Beynon Puddicombe on April 10, 1872, at Penbryn Church in Tresaith, Cardiganshire. He was the international correspondent for Smith Payne's Bank in London. They resided in the London region until February 1900, when her spouse developed mental illness. They later retired to Bronmôr, a mansion in Tresaith, where he died in 1906. He died on May 29 and was buried in Penbryn Church. She studied and married in London before returning to Wales. Wales appears frequently in her romance tales, with names like A Welsh Singer (1896) and A Welsh Witch (1902). She remained there until her death on June 21, 1908.
