Emily Brontë (1818–1848) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her gothic romance Wuthering Heights, which she wrote when she was 27 years old. Living a secluded life in the Yorkshire moors in Northern England, she wrote under the pseudonym Ellis Bell to avoid the prejudice against female authors at that time. She was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, both accomplished writers. She died a premature death from tuberculosis at age 30.
