>Janet Helen "Seon" Givens (1921-2009) and Mona "Gogo" Givens (1923-2008) were sisters who were raised in Connecticut and began collecting books as children. After college, they moved to New York City and became familiar faces in literary circles. Seon married Robert Manley, and Gogo married William Lewis. >Beginning in the early 1960s, Seon Manley and <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2677362A/Gogo_Lewis/>Gogo Lewis</a> compiled over twenty anthologies which included subjects ranging from the natural world and science. The sisters drew inspiration for their anthologies from their private libraries and personal interests. Their main focus was collecting and publishing anthologies of stories about ghosts and the supernatural. From 1973 to 1979, the famous illustrator Edward Gorey created covers for eight titles by Manley & Lewis, all but one of which focused on tales by female authors.

Nature's Revenge: Eerie Stories of Revolt Against the Human Race
1978
ISBN 9780688418434
Women of the Weird: Eerie Stories By the Gentle Sex
1976
ISBN 9780688517311
Ladies of Fantasy: Two Centuries of Sinister Stories by the Gentle Sex
1975
ISBN 9780688416812
Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex
1976
ISBN 9780688417659
Mistresses of Mystery: Two Centuries of Suspense Stories by the Gentle Sex.
1973
ISBN 9780688515225
Cat Encounters: A Cat-Lover's Anthology
1979
ISBN 9780688419141
Ladies of the gothics: tales of romance and terror by the gentle sex
1975
ISBN 9780688417154
Masters of the Macabre
1975
ISBN 9780385032704