Phyllis Arkle (

Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...

, 23 April 1910 – 10 October 1997), was an English author of children's books.

Biography

Arkle (formerly Griffiths) was born and educated in

, but 1959 saw her move to the

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of Twyford,

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. Among her works was ''The Railway Cat'' (

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) and the Roddy the Roadman series (beginning in

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). She married Edward Arkle. She died in 1997, aged 87 years.

Bibliography

*''Roddy the Roadman'' (1970) *''Roddy and the Rustlers'' (1972) *''Magic at Midnight'' (1974) *''Roddy on the Motorway'' (1974) *''Roddy on the Canal'' (1975) *''Grandma's Own Zoo'' (1979) *''Roddy and the Puma'' (1979) *''The Village Dinosaur'' (1979) *''The Adventures of Blunter Button'' (1980) *''Magic in the Air'' (1980) *''Roddy and the Miniature Railway'' (1980) *''Two Village Dinosaurs'' (1981) *''The Railway Cat'' (1985) *''The Real Sawrey'' (1985) *''The Railway Cat and Digby'' (1986) *''The Railway Cat's Secret'' (1987) *''The Dinosaur Field'' (1989) *''The Railway Cat on the Run'' (1996) *''The Railway Cat and the Ghost'' (1997) *''The Railway Cat and the Horse'' (1999)

References

1910 births 1997 deaths English children's writers Writers from Chester People from Twyford, Berkshire English women children's writers 20th-century English women writers 20th-century English writers {{England-writer-stub