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Gwendoline Courtney
Gwendoline Courtney (23 September 1911 – March 1996) was an English writer of children's literature. Early life and education Gwendoline Courtney was born in Hampshire in 1911. Her father was an antiques dealer. Courtney and her family moved to Wallasey when she was a child, and she was a pupil at Oldershaw High School. She had wanted to attend university to read history and classics, but ill-health prevented this. Career Courtney's first children's novel, ''Torley Grange'', was published by Nelson in 1935. She was 24 at this point and working in her father's office. Her last, ''The Wild Lorings, Detectives'', was published by Hutchinson in 1956. She wrote 13 books in all. She did not publish in the last forty years of her life. Courtney worked as a secretary for Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman during World War II; she said that she had been the only civilian involved in Operation Overlord. Personal life From 1941, Courtney lived in the south of England, in Dorset and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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