Jessie Douglas Kerruish was a British writer of romantic, horror, and historical fiction. A regular contributor to The Weekly Tale-Teller, Kerruish found success with the publication of Miss Haroun-al-Raschid (1917) and The Girl from Kurdistan (1918), novels set in North Africa and the Middle East. The Undying Monster (1922), a groundbreaking work of horror, cemented her reputation as a leading author of popular fiction and remains a highly influential werewolf novel.
