Born in 1856, County Clare, Ireland, Emily Chutney Chesley was the daughter of an Irish charwoman, and a bonafide Crimean War hero -- Molly Magdalene Catherine Mary (nee) Flannigan and Johnny Charles Chesley.

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Her uncle's mounting success as an inventor of such devices as the "introspection wheel" and the "particulate breathing apparatus" sustained a comfortable existence for Molly, her mother, and Emily during her younger years.

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Also, read the monograph covering this period: Educating Emily

It's puberty or bust for the speculative songstress of 'Middlesex' County, as the family leaves Ireland for the green fields of America abord the SS Baguette.

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Also, read the monograph covering this period: Educating Emily

What was the driving factor behind Emily's predilection for horses while she lived in parochial and largely fictional, 19th C. Unity, Sask.?

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Also, read the monograph covering this period: Educating Emily

From out of the west, like a hot wind from a prairie wild fire, Emily Chesley and her uncle Michael Flannigan came to London, Ontario in 1880.

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Cast out from London's inner social circles following the infamous Thong Bank Incident Emily discovers her true destiny.

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The unexpected notoriety of The Brain Beasts of Blenheim Township ushered in a new era for Emily Chesley as she comes into her own, as a speculative writer and social activist.

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Also, read the monographs covering this period: Emily in the Yukon & The Gandhi Connection

Leaving the small-town social mores of London, Ontario behind her, Emily escapes to Paris to avoid the outrage caused by such books as The Dutton Cannibals and The Party Brat.

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