Edward Step FLS (1855–1931) was the author of many popular and specialist books on various aspects of nature. He wrote many books on
botany,
zoology and
mycology, which were published between 1894 and (posthumously) 1941. Some of his books on flowers were illustrated by Mabel Emily Step (his daughter, b. 1881), including the 1905 'pocket guide' entitled
Wayside and Woodland Blossoms. He also contributed to the periodical,
Science-Gossip: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Nature, Country Lore & Applied Science.