Minna Catherine Lyons; the granddaughter of William George Ward, and of James Hope-Scott and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Fitzalan-Howard; the niece of James Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour; and the daughter of Wilfrid Philip Ward and the novelist Josephine Mary Hope-Scott Ward. Maisie and Frank's son, Wilfrid Sheed was also a writer, and their daughter, Rosemary Sheed was a translator. Works Catholic Evidence Training Outlines, ed., Benziger Bros., 1925. The Wilfrid Wards and the Transition, Sheed & Ward, 1934. Insurrection vs. Resurrection, Sheed & Ward, 1937. The Oxford Group, Sheed & Ward, 1937. Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Sheed & Ward, 1943. The Splendor of the Rosary, Sheed & Ward, 1945. Young Mr. Newman, Sheed & Ward, 1948. Return to Chesterton, Sheed & Ward, 1952. They Saw His Glory, Sheed & Ward, 1956. Early Church Portrait Gallery, Sheed & Ward, 1959. Saints Who Made History: The First Five Centuries, Sheed & Ward, 1960. Carryll Houselander: That Divine Eccentric, Sheed & Ward, 1962. Unfinished Business [autobiography], Sheed & Ward, 1963. The Letters Of Caryll Houselander: Her Spiritual Legacy, ed., Sheed & Ward, 1965. Robert Browning and His World: His Private Face, Holt, 1967. The Tragi-Comedy of Pen Browning, Sheed & Ward, 1972. To and Fro on the Earth: A Sequel to an Autobiography, Sheed & Ward, 1973. See also Catholic Evidence Guild References Further reading Frank Sheed, The Church and I, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. Wilfrid Sheed, Frank and Maisie: A Memoir with Parents, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Dana Greene, The Living of Maisie Ward. University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. Frank Sheed, The Instructed Heart: Soundings at Four Depths, Our Sunday Visitor, 1979. "Concealed With a Kiss," in Joseph Pearce, Literary Giants, Literary Catholics, Ignatius Press, 2005. External links Obit, New York Times Roman Catholic writers 1889 births 1975 deaths Lay theologians English writers