William Vaughan Wilkins (March 6, 1890 – February 1959) was an English
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and journalist.
Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (; July 29, 1905May 14, 2006) was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000.
Biography
Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massach ...
and H. W. Wilson ''Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. Supplement, Volume 1''. New York, 1955. (p. 1083) Wilkins was born and raised in England. Wilkins was interested in Welsh history, and some of his stories have Welsh settings, causing some writers to mistakenly describe Wilkins as Welsh.
Biography
Vaughan Wilkins was born in Camberwell, London. His father, William Henry Wilkins, was a clergyman (born in Nottingham in 1857) and his mother, Charlotte Wilkins, née Law, a voice teacher (born in London). He married Mary Isabel Stanistreet and had two children. He spent some time working as a journalist for the ''
Daily Express''. Wilkins was noted for his novel ''And So - Victoria'' about
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
, which became a surprise bestseller in the United States.
''
Fanfare for a Witch'' focuses on intrigue in the court of
George II George II or 2 may refer to:
People
* George II of Antioch (seventh century AD)
* George II of Armenia (late ninth century)
* George II of Abkhazia (916–960)
* Patriarch George II of Alexandria (1021–1051)
* George II of Georgia (1072–1089) ...
. Wilkins also wrote two
"lost world" fantasy
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novels inspired by
Celtic mythology, ''The City of Frozen Fire'' (1950) and ''Valley Beyond Time'' (1955).
Brian Stableford
Brian Michael Stableford (born 25 July 1948) is a British academic, critic and science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels. His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped ...
, "Wilkins, Vaughan (William)" in ''St. James Guide To Fantasy Writers'', ed. David Pringle
David Pringle (born 1 March 1950) is a Scottish science fiction editor and critic.
Pringle served as the editor of '' Foundation'', an academic journal, from 1980 to 1986, during which time he became one of the prime movers of the collective whi ...
, St. James Press, 1996, , p. 611-12.
His grave is in the churchyard in Farnsfield, Notts and states that his birthplace was Ross-on-Wye.
Bibliography
* ''Sidelights on Industrial Revolution'' (Jarrolds, 1925)
* ''And So – Victoria'' (Cape, 1937)
* ''Endless Prelude'' (Routledge, 1937)
* ''Looking Back To See Straight'' (Individualist Bookshop,1942)
* ''Seven Tempest'' (Cape, 1942)
* ''Being Met Together'' (Cape, 1944)
* ''After Bath, or, if you prefer, the Remarkable case of the flying hat…'' (Cape, 1945)
* ''Once Upon A Time, An Adventure'' (Cape, 1949)
* ''The City of Frozen Fire'' (Cape, 1950)
* ''
ntroducesHermsprong; or, Man as he is not…by Robert Bage'' (Turnstile Press, 1951)
* ''
A King Reluctant'' (Cape, 1952)
* ''Crown Without Sceptre'' (Cape, 1952)
* ''
Fanfare for a Witch'' (Cape, 1954)
* ''Valley Beyond Time'' (Cape, 1955)
* ''And So – Victoria'' (Revised edition, Pan, 1956)
* ''Lady of Paris'' (Cape, 1956)
* ''Dangerous Exile'' (Retitled edition of A King Reluctant, Pan, 1957)
* ''Husband for Victoria'' (Cape, 1958)
of which:
History
* ''Endless prelude: an historical anthology''
* ''Sidelights on industrial evolution''
For children
* ''After Bath ''or'' (if you prefer) The Remarkable Case of the Flying Hat''
References
* IMDb. Biography for Vaughan Wilkins. (online). Available from: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929321/bio.
ccessed 28 July 2007
* LibraryThing Beta Author: Vaughan Wilkins Available from: http://www.librarything.com/author/wilkinsvaughan.
ccessed 30 July 2007
External links
National Portrait Gallery
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1959 deaths
1890 births
20th-century English novelists
English fantasy writers
English historical novelists
English novelists
Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period
Writers of historical fiction set in the modern age