Ursula Holden (1921-2020) was a novelist and short story writer. Born in Dorset in 1921, she lived in Egypt, Dublin and London throughout her life.

Holden's dedication to writing was recognized by the Royal Society of Literature with the award of a fellowship in 2010. In her early career, Holden's writing room was a booth in the typing room of the British Library; in later years her writing space became a private room at a nursing home in London: 'I write to live and live to write,' she said, and kept to her daily practice until her death in 2020.

Heralded by the Times as “one of the most seriously radiant new English writers,” her Tin Toys trilogy was re-released in 2013 to wide critical acclaim.