Selina Davenport

Selina Davenport
Title page of Selina Davenport's An Angel's Form and a Devil's Heart: a Novel (London: Minerva Press, 1818)
BornSelina Granville Wheler
27 June 1779
London, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died14 July 1859
OccupationAuthor
GenreGothic novels
SpouseRichard Alfred Davenport
ChildrenMary Davenport (born 1803); Theodora Davenport (born (1806)
RelativesCharles Granville Wheler (father)

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Selina Davenport (27 June 1779 – 14 July 1859) was an English novelist, briefly married to the miscellanist and biographer Richard Alfred Davenport. Her eleven published novels have been recently described as "effective if stereotyped".