Celia Dale (15 January 1912[1] – 31 December 2011), was an English author and book reviewer.
Family
editBoth 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
editCelia 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
editDale'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
edit- 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
edit- ^ Contemporary Authors: First revision. Gale Research Company. 1969. p. 272.
- ^ IMDB. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Sarah Harrison's site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b Fantastic Fiction site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Celia Dale". Faber & Faber. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Chisholm, Anne (1999). Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life. Pan Macmillan. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-330-36747-9. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Faber obituary. Retrieved 23 June 2020". Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Obituary". The Times.
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