Jump to content

Jean Stubbs

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Big iron (talk | contribs) at 22:30, 26 January 2018 (start). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Jean Stubbs (October 23, 1926 – 2012) was a British writer.

She was born in Denton, Lancashire and was educated at Manchester High School for Girls, the Manchester School of Art and Loreburn Secretarial College in Manchester. Stubbs worked as a copywriter for Henry Melland from 1964 to 1966 and was a reviewer for Books and Bookmen from 1965 to 1976.[1][2]

She received the Tom Gallon Trust Award for short story in 1964.[1] Her 1973 novel Dear Laura was nominated for an Edgar Award.

She was married twice: first to Peter Stubbs in 1948 and then to Ray Oliver in 1980.[1]

Selected works[1]

  • The Rose Grower (1962)
  • The Straw Crown (1966)
  • John Lintott trilogy, historical mysteries
    • My Grand Enemy (1967)
    • The Case of Kitty Ogilvie (1970)
    • Dear Laura (1973)
    • The Painted Face (1974)
    • The Golden Crucible (1976)[3]
  • An Unknown Welshman (1973)
  • Howarth family quartet, historical fiction
    • By Our Beginnings (1979), known as Kit's Hill in the UK
    • An Imperfect Joy (1981), known as The Ironmaster in the UK
    • The Vivian Iheritance (1982)
    • The Northern Correspnodent (1984)[3]
  • Summer Secrets (1991)
  • Kelly Park (1992)
  • The Witching Time (1998)

References

  1. ^ a b c d International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. 2003. p. 533. ISBN 1857431790.
  2. ^ Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. 2015. p. 1361-64. ISBN 1349813664.
  3. ^ a b Husband, Janet; Husband, Jonathan F (2009). Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series. p. 642. ISBN 0838909671.