Joyce Lankester Brisley (6 February 1896 – 1978) was an English writer. She wrote and illustrated the ''

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'' series, which were first printed in 1925 by the ''

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Early life, family and education

The second of three daughters of George Brisley, a pharmacist, of

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, Brisley's sisters- Ethel Constance, the eldest, and Nina Kennard, the youngest- were also illustrators. They studied art firstly at

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, then, following their parents' divorce in 1912 and the subsequent relocation of the girls and their mother to

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, at

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Career

All three sisters illustrated postcards for the publisher Alfred Vivian Mansell & Co., with Nina (who also illustrated

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series) and Ethel becoming quite prolific. Brisley's books were first printed in 1925, and a collection appeared in book form in 1928. She wrote and illustrated six collections of ''Milly-Molly-Mandy'', amongst other works.

Death

Brisley died in 1978 at the age of 82. She left the J L Brisley Charitable Trust, which provides financial assistance to religious charities in London as specified in her will. The 2022 total expenditure was £5,070.

Publications

Milly-Molly-Mandy *''Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories'' (1928) *''Milly-Molly-Mandy Again'' (1929) *''Milly-Molly-Mandy and Co.'' (1932) *''More of Milly-Molly-Mandy'' (1948) *''Further Doings of Milly-Molly-Mandy'' (1955) *''Milly-Molly-Mandy and Billy Blunt'' (1967) Novels (non-series) *''Hurrah for the Trains'' (1919) *''Jolly Days At the Zoo'' (1921) *''Bunchy'' (1937) (also published in ''The Joyce Lankester Brisley Book'') *"Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse" (1938) *''The Adventures of Purl and Plain'' (1941) *''Another Bunchy book'' (1951) *''Children of Bible Days'' (1970) *''The New Testament Story'' (1973) *''Model Trains'' (1979) *''Marigold in Godmother's House'' (2001) (originally published in ''The Joyce Lankester Brisley Book'') Collections *''The Dawn Shops, and Other Stories'' (1942) *''The Joyce Lankester Brisley Book'' (1981) Non-fiction *''My Bible Book'' (1964) *''From the Exile to Christ: A Historical Introduction to Palestinian Judaism'' (1964)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brisley, Joyce Lankester 1896 births 1978 deaths People from Bexhill-on-Sea English children's writers