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'''Celia Dale''' (15 January 1912<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Authors: First revision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHREAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Gale Research Company|page=272}}</ref> – 31 December 2011), was an English [[author]] and [[book reviewer]].
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==Family==
'''Celia Dale''' is an English [[author]] and [[book reviewer]]. She has won several awards, including the [[Crime Writers' Association]] Best Short Story of the Year award.
Both Celia Dale's parents were actors – her father was the noted stage and television actor James Dale (1887–1985), her mother Marguerite Adamson.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197708/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm IMDB. Retrieved 23 June 2020.]</ref> She was a cousin of the novelist Sarah Harrison.<ref>[http://www.sarah-harrison.net/about-sarah/ Sarah Harrison's site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.]</ref> She was married to the journalist and critic Guy Ramsey, until his death in 1959.<ref name="FF">[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/celia-dale/ Fantastic Fiction site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.]</ref>


==Work==
http://www.faber.co.uk/author/celia-dale/
Celia Dale's first novel, '' The Least Of These'', was published in 1943 and she went on to write twelve more and a volume of short stories. Her later novels were [[Psychological thriller|psychological thrillers]].<ref name="FF"/> She won several awards, including the [[Crime Writers' Association]] Best Short Story of the Year award for ''Lines of Communication'' and ''A Personal Call and other stories'' in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.faber.co.uk/author/celia-dale/ |title=Celia Dale |publisher=Faber & Faber |access-date=20 August 2011}}</ref> She also worked as a secretary to the author [[Rumer Godden]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chisholm |first1=Anne | title=Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GgmFqXKcQ4C |access-date=20 August 2011 |year=1999 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn= 978-0-330-36747-9 |page=253}}</ref> Four of her novels were reissued as [[Faber and Faber|Faber]] Finds in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/celia-dale-1912-2011-quiet-clever-subtle-and-terrifying/ |title=Faber obituary. Retrieved 23 June 2020. |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624141833/https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/celia-dale-1912-2011-quiet-clever-subtle-and-terrifying/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Adaptations==
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Dale's sixth novel, ''A Spring of Love'', was televised as a four-part drama, ''Love Story: Mr Right'', which aired on [[BBC One]] in 1983.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282699/. Retrieved 30 January 2023.]</ref>
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Celia Dale died on 31 December 2011, at age 99.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=celia-ramsey&pid=155442808 |title=Obituary |work=The Times}}</ref>
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==Bibliography==
* ''The Least of These'' (1944)
* ''To Hold the Mirror'' (1946)
* ''The Dry Land'' (1952)
* ''The Wooden O'' (1953)
* ''Trial of Strength'' (1955)
* ''A Spring of Love'' (1960)
* ''Other People'' (1964)
* ''A Helping Hand'' (1966)
* ''Act of Love'' (1969)
* ''A Dark Corner'' (1971)
* ''The Innocent Party'' (1973)
* ''Helping with Enquiries'' (1979, aka ''The Deception'')
* ''Sheep's Clothing'' (1988)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{OL author|OL949336A}}

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Latest revision as of 09:02, 3 April 2024

Celia Dale (15 January 1912[1] – 31 December 2011), was an English author and book reviewer.

Family

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Both Celia Dale's parents were actors – her father was the noted stage and television actor James Dale (1887–1985), her mother Marguerite Adamson.[2] She was a cousin of the novelist Sarah Harrison.[3] She was married to the journalist and critic Guy Ramsey, until his death in 1959.[4]

Work

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Celia Dale's first novel, The Least Of These, was published in 1943 and she went on to write twelve more and a volume of short stories. Her later novels were psychological thrillers.[4] She won several awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Best Short Story of the Year award for Lines of Communication and A Personal Call and other stories in 1986.[5] She also worked as a secretary to the author Rumer Godden.[6] Four of her novels were reissued as Faber Finds in 2008.[7]

Adaptations

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Dale's sixth novel, A Spring of Love, was televised as a four-part drama, Love Story: Mr Right, which aired on BBC One in 1983.[8]


Celia Dale died on 31 December 2011, at age 99.[9]

Bibliography

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  • The Least of These (1944)
  • To Hold the Mirror (1946)
  • The Dry Land (1952)
  • The Wooden O (1953)
  • Trial of Strength (1955)
  • A Spring of Love (1960)
  • Other People (1964)
  • A Helping Hand (1966)
  • Act of Love (1969)
  • A Dark Corner (1971)
  • The Innocent Party (1973)
  • Helping with Enquiries (1979, aka The Deception)
  • Sheep's Clothing (1988)

References

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  1. ^ Contemporary Authors: First revision. Gale Research Company. 1969. p. 272.
  2. ^ IMDB. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ Sarah Harrison's site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b Fantastic Fiction site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Celia Dale". Faber & Faber. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. ^ Chisholm, Anne (1999). Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life. Pan Macmillan. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-330-36747-9. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Faber obituary. Retrieved 23 June 2020". Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. ^ Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Obituary". The Times.
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