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Celia Dale

Celia Dale

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Celia Dale (15 January 1912[1] – 31 December 2011), was an English author and book reviewer.

Family

Both Celia Dale's parents were actors – her father was the noted stage and television actor James Dale (1887–1985), her mother Marguerite Adamson.[2] She was a cousin of the novelist Sarah Harrison.[3] She was married to the journalist and critic Guy Ramsey, until his death in 1959.[4]

Work

Celia Dale's first novel, The Least Of These, was published in 1943 and she went on to write twelve more and a volume of short stories. Her later novels were psychological thrillers.[4] She won several awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Best Short Story of the Year award for Lines of Communication and A Personal Call and other stories in 1986.[5] She also worked as a secretary to the author Rumer Godden.[6] Four of her novels were reissued as Faber Finds in 2008.[7]

Adaptations

Dale's sixth novel, A Spring of Love, was televised as a four-part drama, Love Story: Mr Right, which aired on BBC One in 1983.[8]


Celia Dale died on 31 December 2011, at age 99.[9]

Bibliography

  • The Least of These (1944)
  • To Hold the Mirror (1946)
  • The Dry Land (1952)
  • The Wooden O (1953)
  • Trial of Strength (1955)
  • A Spring of Love (1960)
  • Other People (1964)
  • A Helping Hand (1966)
  • Act of Love (1969)
  • A Dark Corner (1971)
  • The Innocent Party (1973)
  • Helping with Enquiries (1979, aka The Deception)
  • Sheep's Clothing (1988)

References

  1. [1]
    Contemporary Authors: First revision. Gale Research Company. 1969. p. 272.
  2. [2]
    IMDB. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    Sarah Harrison's site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. [4]
    Fantastic Fiction site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Celia Dale". Faber & Faber. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. [6]
    Chisholm, Anne (1999). Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life. Pan Macmillan. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-330-36747-9. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Faber obituary. Retrieved 23 June 2020". Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. [8]
    Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Obituary". The Times.


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