Happy 90th, David Severn! (British writer, 1940s "Wiley Fo..

Real name: David Storr Unwin.

His office is in London.

"I write, very largely, from personal experience and tend to dovetail
my fictional plots into known topography, climate, [and] local
conditions. . . . My books for children, which I began to write in my
early twenties, are for the most part conceived out of a love for the
English countryside. Many are set in specific locations: Cornwall,
Wales, the New Forest. Some are straightforward holiday adventure
stories; others are not--and I am perhaps happiest when, as often
happens, my tales edge over into fantasy."


WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
Adult novels:


Les jumeaux, (title means "The Twins"), translated from the English by
A. Jeunehomme, illustrated by de J. Kiddell-Monroe, Editions de la
Paix (Brussels, Belgium), 1947.
The Governor's Wife, M. Joseph, 1954, Dutton, 1955.
A View of the Heath, M. Joseph, 1956.
Fifty Years with Father: A Relationship, Allen & Unwin (London,
England), 1982.


Juvenile books; under pseudonym David Severn; published by Bodley
Head, except as indicated:


Rick Afire!, John Lane, 1942, Houghton, 1946.
A Cabin for Crusoe, John Lane, 1943.
Wagon for Five, John Lane, 1944, Houghton, 1947.
A Hermit in the Hills, John Lane, 1945.
Forest Holiday, John Lane, 1946.
Ponies and Poachers, John Lane, 1947.
Bill Badger and the Pine Martens, 1947.
Wily Fox and the Baby Show, 1947.
The Cruise of the Maiden Castle, 1948, Macmillan (New York), 1949.
Bill Badger and the Bathing Pool, 1948.
Wily Fox and the Christmas Party, 1948.


Treasure for Three, 1949, Macmillan (New York), 1950.
Dream Gold, 1949, Viking, 1952.
Wily Fox and the Missing Fireworks, 1950.
Bill Badger and the Buried Treasure, 1950.
My Foreign Correspondent through Africa, Meiklejohn, 1951.
Crazy Castle, 1951, Macmillan (New York), 1952.
Burglars and Bandicoots, 1952, Macmillan (New York), 1953.
Drumbeats!, 1953.
(With Geoffrey Higham) Bill Badger Omnibus, John Lane, 1954.
Blaze of Broadfurror Farm, 1955.
Walnut Tree Meadow, 1955.
The Green-Eyed Gryphon, Hamish Hamilton, 1958.
The Future Took Us, 1958.
Foxy-Boy, 1959, published as The Wild Valley, Dutton, 1963.
Three at Sea, 1959.


Jeff Dickson: Cowhand, J. Cape, 1963.
Clouds over the Alberhorn, Hamish Hamilton, 1963.


The Girl in the Grove, Allen & Unwin, 1974, Harper, 1975.
The Wishing Bone, Allen & Unwin, 1977.



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