Ida Alexa Ross Wylie, also Ida Alena Ross Wylie, born 16 March 1885 in Melbourne, died 4 November 1959 in Princeton, New Jersey, usually known by her pen name I. A. R. Wylie, she was an Australian-British-American novelist, screenwriter, magazine writer and poet. Wylie had a roommate named Esme who had been raised in India and so she wrote stories based on Esme's reminisces, including this edition. First published in 1910, the Native Born tells of the lives, loves and conflicts of members of the British Raj during the 19th century Colonial Era.