Edith Simon was an English author, sculptor and historian.
Born in Berlin, Germany, she learnt English at the age of 14 when her parents moved to Britain. She went on to write many fiction and non-fiction books.
Another Edith Simon is a German author, who has worked as stewardess in the earliest days of Lufthansa. Born in Bremen, Germany, 1933 she took part with the first transatlantik flight. She wrote a book about her live, containing many inside-stories of the flight-live and meetings with prominents.