Andrew Wynford Davies (; born 20 September 1936) is a Welsh writer of

screenplays ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fea ...

and

novels A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself ...

, best known for ''

House of Cards A house of cards (also known as a card tower or card castle) is a structure created by stacking playing cards on top of each other, often in the shape of a pyramid. "House of cards" is also an Expression (language), expression that dates back to ...

'' and ''

A Very Peculiar Practice ''A Very Peculiar Practice'' is a surreal black-comedy drama set in the health centre of a British university, produced by the BBC, which ran for two series in 1986 and 1988. The two series were followed by a 90-minute made-for-television film, ...

'', and his adaptations of '' Vanity Fair'', ''

Pride and Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...

'', ''

Middlemarch ''Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life'' is a novel by the English author Mary Anne Evans, who wrote as George Eliot. It first appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midland town, ...

'', ''

Bleak House ''Bleak House'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and ...

'' and '' War & Peace''. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002.

Education and early career

Davies was born in

Rhiwbina Rhiwbina ( cy, Rhiwbeina, also ''Rhiwbina'') is a suburb and Community (Wales), community in the north of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Formerly a small hamlet within the parish of Whitchurch, Cardiff, Whitchurch, Rhiwbina was developed through ...

, Cardiff, Wales. He attended

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in Cardiff and then

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, where he received a BA in English in 1957. He took a teaching position at St. Clement Danes Grammar School in London, where he was on the teaching staff from 1958–61. He held a similar post at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School in Hackney, London from 1961–63. Following that, he was a lecturer in English at

Coventry College of Education Coventry College of Education existed as a separate institution until its incorporation into the University of Warwick in 1978 as the Westwood campus. It was located to the north of the University's main site. From 1948, the Principal of Coventr ...

(which later merged with the University of Warwick to become the Faculty of Educational Studies and later the Warwick Institute of Education), and then at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

. In 1960, Davies contributed material to the

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's ''Monday Night at Home'' strand, alongside

Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanne ...

and

Ivor Cutler Ivor Cutler (born Isadore Cutler, 15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorde ...

. He wrote his first play for radio in 1964 and many more were to follow. In 1960, he married Diana Huntley; the couple have a son and daughter. He is resident in

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, Warwickshire.

Writer

Davies' first television play, '' Who's Going to Take Me On?'', was broadcast in 1967 as part of BBC1's ''

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'' strand. His early plays were written as a sideline to his work in education, many of them appearing in anthology series such as ''Thirty Minute Theatre'', ''

Play for Today ''Play for Today'' is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage ...

'' and ''Centre Stage''. One of his London stage plays, ''Rose'', played on Broadway in 1981, with

Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is an English actress and former Member of Parliament (MP). She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in the romantic drama ''Women in Love'' (1970); and again for ...

and

Jessica Tandy Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was a British-American actress. Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAFTA, a Golden Glob ...

. His first serial adaptation of a work of fiction was of ''

To Serve Them All My Days : ''For the 1980 television adaptation, see To Serve Them All My Days (TV series).'' ''To Serve Them All My Days'' is a novel by British author R. F. Delderfield. First published in 1972, the book was adapted for television in 1980. It has b ...

'' (1980), from the novel by R. F. Delderfield. He wrote ''

'' (1986–88), a campus based comedy-drama series that drew upon his career in education. He is now best known for his adaptations of classic works of literature for television including the

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short story The Signalman (1976), ''

'' (1995) starring

Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. He was identified in the mid-1980s with the " Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, undertaking a challenging series of roles, including leading roles in '' A M ...

and

Jennifer Ehle Jennifer Anne Ehle (; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress, the daughter of English actress Rosemary Harris and American author John Ehle. She gained fame for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries ''Pride and Prejudice ...

, '' Vanity Fair'' (1998), ''

'' (2005) and ''

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'' (2008). He is the writer of the screenplays for the

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'' (1994) and a planned film of the same name once announced for 2011 release. Davies also co-devised with Bernadette Davis the sitcom '' Game On'' for BBC2 and co-wrote the first two series broadcast in 1995 and 1996. The popularity of his adaptation of

Michael Dobbs Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and author, best known for his ''House of Cards'' trilogy. Early life and education Michael Dobbs was born on 14 November 1948 in Cheshunt, Hertfordsh ...

's political thriller ''

'' was a significant influence in Dobbs's decision to write two sequels, which Davies also adapted for television. In film, he has collaborated on the screenplays for the first two ''

Bridget Jones Bridget Rose Jones is a fictional character created by British writer Helen Fielding. Jones first appeared in Fielding's ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' column in ''The Independent'' in 1995, which did not carry any byline. Thus, it seemed to be an actu ...

'' films, based on

Helen Fielding Helen Fielding (born 19 February 1958) is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, and a sequence of novels and films beginning with the life of a thirty something singleton in Lo ...

novels. He is a prolific writer for children. The first of his novels was ''Conrad's War'', published by Blackie in 1978. Davies won the annual

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author ...

, which is judged by a panel of British children's writers and recognises the best book by an author who has not yet won it. He has written ''

Alfonso Bonzo ''Alfonso Bonzo'' is a 1986 children's book by Andrew Davies and a 1990 children's short-lived television series adapted from the book by the author. The series starred Alex Jennings as Alfonso Bonzo and Scott Riley as Billy Webb. Billy Webb i ...

'' (book and television series) and the adventures of

Marmalade Atkins ''Marmalade Atkins'' is a children's fictional character created by the writer Andrew Davies. Marmalade first appeared in the book ''Marmalade and Rufus'' in 1979, and the character was later brought to television in 1981 in which she was playe ...

(television series and numerous books). He also wrote the stories ''

Dark Towers Dark Towers is a 1981 educational production by the BBC in the ''Look and Read'' series. The series remains highly popular in primary schools to this day. Parts of the film were shot at Sutton Court, Somerset. The show involves two main charac ...

'' and ''Badger Girl'' for BBC TV's ''

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'' programmes for schools audiences. 2008 saw the release of his adaptations of the 1999 novel ''

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'' by

Sarah Waters Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as ''Tipping the Velvet'' and '' Fingersmith''. Life and education Early life Sara ...

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's ''

Brideshead Revisited ''Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder'' is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles ...

'' (a film),

' ''

Little Dorrit ''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...

'' (a BBC series). ''Little Dorrit'' won seven of eleven Emmy nominations and earned Davies an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries. Adaptations of ''

Dombey and Son ''Dombey and Son'' is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps; he initially rejects his daughter's love before eventual ...

'', one of Dickens' lesser-read works and

Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope (; 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the '' Chronicles of Barsetshire'', which revolves ar ...

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were scrapped by the BBC in late 2009, following a move away from "bonnet dramas".

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was looking to recreate its period drama success with ''Downton Abbey'' with a new series ''

Mr Selfridge ''Mr Selfridge'' is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece/ WGBH for broadcast on IT ...

'', written by Davies and starring

Jeremy Piven Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ari Gold in the comedy series ''Entourage'', for which he won a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Emmy Awards. He also starred in the British ...

. An initial ten-part series first aired on 6 January 2013 and it has run for 4 series by 2016. Davies' six-part adaptation of

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's '' War & Peace'' was broadcast on

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in January and February 2016. Following its success, the BBC announced in July 2016 that it would be followed up with a six-part adaptation of

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

's ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...

'' to be scripted by Davies. In May 2017, it was announced that BBC will adapt

Vikram Seth Vikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has won several awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Academy Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crosswor ...

's magnum opus ''

A Suitable Boy ''A Suitable Boy'' is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993. With 1,349 pages (1,488 pages in paperback), the English-language book is one of the longest novels published in a single volume. ''A Suitable Boy'' is set in a newly post-inde ...

'' into an eight-part series to be scripted by Davies. In May 2018, he announced at the Hay Festival that he is adapting John Updike's ''

Rabbit, Run ''Rabbit, Run'' is a 1960 novel by John Updike. The novel depicts three months in the life of a 26-year-old former high school basketball player named Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom who is trapped in a loveless marriage and a boring sales job, and hi ...

'' for television.

Filmography

Television series and serials

*''

The Legend of King Arthur ''The Legend of King Arthur'' is a British television fantasy serial, produced by the BBC in association with Time-Life Television and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and broadcast on BBC 1 in 1979.Kevin J. Harty, "Cinema Arthuriana: A ...

'' (1979) *''

'' (1980) *''

'' (''

'', 1981) *'' Diana'' (1984) *''Badger Girl'' (''

'', 1984) *''

'' (1986–88) *'' Mother Love'' (1989) *''

'' (1990) *''

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ''Anglo-Saxon Attitudes'' is a satirical novel by Angus Wilson, published in 1956. It was Wilson's most popular book, and many consider it his best work. Plot summary The novel deals with the significance of two connected events that happened ...

'' (1992) *''

The Old Devils ''The Old Devils'' is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1986. The novel won the Booker Prize. The plot centres on Alun Weaver, a writer of modest celebrity, who returns to his native Wales with his wife, Rhiannon, sometime girlfriend ...

'' (1992) *''

To Play the King ''To Play the King'' is a 1993 BBC television serial and the second part of the ''House of Cards'' trilogy. Directed by Paul Seed, the serial was based on Michael Dobbs' 1993 novel of the same name and adapted for television by Andrew Davies. Th ...

'' (1993) *''

'' (1994) *'' Game On'' (1995, with Bernadette Davis) *''

'' (1995) *'' The Final Cut'' (1995) *''

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'' (1996) *''

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders ''The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders'' is a 1996 Television in the United Kingdom, British drama film, drama television film directed by David Attwood (film director), David Attwood, with a screenplay by Andrew Davies (writer), Andrew ...

'' (1996) *''Bill's New Frock'' (1997) *'' Vanity Fair'' (1998) *''

Wives and Daughters ''Wives and Daughters, An Every-Day Story'' is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the ''Cornhill Magazine'' as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. It was partly written whilst Gaskell was staying with the salon hostess ...

'' (1999) *''

Take a Girl Like You ''Take a Girl Like You'' is a comic novel by Kingsley Amis. The narrative follows the progress of twenty-year-old Jenny Bunn, who has moved from her family home in the North of England to a small town not far from London to teach primary school ...

'' (2000) *''

The Way We Live Now ''The Way We Live Now'' is a satirical novel by Anthony Trollope, published in London in 1875 after first appearing in serialised form. It is one of the last significant Victorian novels to have been published in monthly parts. The novel is ...

'' (2001) *''

Daniel Deronda ''Daniel Deronda'' is a novel written by Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot, first published in eight parts (books) February to September 1876. It was the last novel she completed and the only one set in the Victorian society ...

'' (2002) *''

Doctor Zhivago ''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations. Description The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago and deals with love and loss during ...

'' (2002) *''

Tipping the Velvet ''Tipping the Velvet'' (1998) is a historical novel by Sarah Waters; it is her debut novel. Set in England during the 1890s, it tells a coming of age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her t ...

'' (2002) *''

He Knew He Was Right ''He Knew He Was Right'' is an 1869 novel written by Anthony Trollope which describes the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a wilful wife. As is common with Trollope's work ...

'' (2004) *''

'' (2005) *''

The Line of Beauty ''The Line of Beauty'' is a 2004 Man Booker Prize-winning novel by Alan Hollinghurst. Plot The novel is set in Britain in three parts, taking place in 1983, 1986 and 1987. The story surrounds the young gay protagonist, Nick Guest. Nick is midd ...

'' (2006) *''

Northanger Abbey ''Northanger Abbey'' () is a coming-of-age Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the ...

'' (2007), part of ITV's ''

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'' *''

A Room with a View ''A Room with a View'' is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society a ...

'' (2007) *''

Fanny Hill ''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure''—popularly known as ''Fanny Hill''—is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London,Wagner, "Introduction", ...

'' (2007) *''

'' (2008) *''

'' (2008) *'' South Riding'' (2011) *''

'' (2013–14) *'' Quirke'' (2014) *''

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'' (2014) *'' War & Peace'' (2016) *''

'' (2019) *''

Sanditon ''Sanditon'' (1817) is an unfinished novel by the English writer Jane Austen. In January 1817, Austen began work on a new novel she called ''The Brothers'', later titled ''Sanditon'', and completed eleven chapters before stopping work in mid-M ...

'' (2019) *''

'' (2020

TV series)

Television plays

*''Who's Going to Take Me On?'' (1965) *''Is That Your Body, Boy?'' (1970) *''No Good Unless It Hurts'' (1973) *''The Water Maiden'' (1974) *''Grace'' (1975) *''The Imp of the Perverse'' (1975) *'' The Signalman'' (1976) *''A Martyr to the System'' (1976) *''Eleanor Marx'' (1977) *''Velvet Glove'' (1977) *''Fearless Frank'' (1978) *''Renoir My Father'' (1978) *''Bavarian Night'' (1981) *''Heartattack Hotel'' (1983) *''Baby I Love You'' (1985) *''Pythons on the Mountain'' (1985) *''Inappropriate Behaviour'' (1987) *''Lucky Sunil'' (1988) *''

Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage ''Screen One'' is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and distributed by BBC Worldwide, that was transmitted on BBC One from 1989 to 1998. A total of six series were broadcast, incorporating sixty individual fil ...

'' (1989) *''Filipina Dreamgirls'' (1991) *''A Very Polish Practice'' (1992) *''Anna Lee'' (1993) *''

Harnessing Peacocks ''Harnessing Peacocks'' is the third novel by Mary Wesley, published in 1985 when the author was 73 years old. In 1992 it was adapted for television. Plot summary As a baby, Hebe lost her parents in an air crash; her grandparents have brought ...

'' (1993) *''A Few Short Journeys of the Heart'' (1994) *''

Emma Emma may refer to: * Emma (given name) Film * Emma (1932 film), ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown * Emma (1996 theatrical film), ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow * Emma (1996 TV film), '' ...

'' (1996) *''Getting Hurt'' (1998) *''A Rather English Marriage'' (1998) *''

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...

'' (2001) *''

Boudica Boudica or Boudicca (, known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as ()), was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She ...

'' (2003) *''Falling'' (2005) *''

The Chatterley Affair ''The Chatterley Affair'' is a BBC television drama, produced by BBC Wales and broadcast on BBC Four on 20 March 2006. It is a semi-fictitious account of the obscenity trial surrounding the publication of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel '' Lad ...

'' (2006) *''

Diary of a Nobody ''The Diary of a Nobody'' is an English comic novel written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith, with illustrations by the latter. It originated as an intermittent serial in ''Punch'' magazine in 1888–89 and first appeared in book for ...

'' (2007)

Cinema

*'' Circle of Friends'' (1995) *''

The Tailor of Panama ''The Tailor of Panama'' is a 1996 novel by British writer John le Carré. A 2001 film was released based on the novel. Plot Harry Pendel is a British expatriate living in Panama City and running his own successful bespoke tailoring busines ...

'' (2001) *''

Bridget Jones's Diary ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies (writer), Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding. A co-production of the United Kingdom, United States and France, it is ...

'' (2001, with

and

Richard Curtis Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis (born 8 November 1956) is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, producer and film director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films, among them '' ...

) *'' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' (2004, with Helen Fielding) *''

'' (2008) * ''The Three Musketeers'' (2011)

Novels

* ''Conrad's War'' (

Blackie and Son Blackie & Son was a publishing house in Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England, from 1809 to 1991. History The firm was founded as a bookseller in 1809 by John Blackie (1782–1874) as a partnership with two others and was known as 'Black ...

, 1978) —winner of the

Guardian Prize The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author ...

* ''Getting Hurt'' (1989), for adults * ''Dirty Faxes'' (1990), short stories * ''B. Monkey'' (1992) —

adapted In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly, it is a state reached by the po ...

by others as the 1998 film ''

B. Monkey ''B. Monkey'' is a British-American 1998 crime drama film directed by Michael Radford. Originally, Michael Caton-Jones was attached to direct the adaptation of the homonymous 1992 book by Andrew Davies, but left over creative differences. Asia ...

'' ;Based on the TV series *''A Very Peculiar Practice'' (1986, Coronet) —novelization of ''

'', season one *''A Very Peculiar Practice: The New Frontier'' (1988, Methuen)

Stage plays

*''Diary of a Desperate Woman'' (1979) *''Rose'' (1980) *''Prin'' (1990)

Picture books

Andrew and Diana Davies have written at least two children's picture books. * ''Poonam's Pets'' (Methuen Children's, 1990), illustrated by Paul Dowling * ''Raj In Charge'' (Hamish Hamilton, 1994), illus.

Debi Gliori Debi Gliori (born 1959) is a Scottish writer and illustrator of children's books. Life and career Gliori was born in Glasgow and grew up there as an only child. She started writing children's books in 1976 and attended art school in Edinburg ...

References

Further References

* Cardwell, Sarah (2005) 'Andrew Davies'. Manchester: MUP.

External links

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