Constance Beresford-Howe was born on November 10, 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was a writer, known for The Marriage Bed (1986), The Cuckoo Bird (1985) and The Book of Eve (2002). She was married to Christopher W. Presnell. She died on January 20, 2016 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.