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Revision as of 21:31, 4 December 2022
Celia Dale (15 January 1912[1] – 31 December 2011), was an English author and book reviewer.
Family
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
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]
Celia Dale died on 31 December 2011, just a couple of weeks before her 100th birthday.[8]
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
- ^ Contemporary Authors: First revision. Gale Research Company. 1969. p. 272.
- ^ IMDB. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Sarah Harrison's site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b Fantastic Fiction site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Celia Dale". Faber & Faber. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Chisholm, Anne (1999). Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life. Pan Macmillan. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-330-36747-9. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Faber obituary. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Obituary". The Times.
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