Mary Evelyn Frankau, née Atkinson (20 June 1899 in London – 20 July 1974), writing as M. E. Atkinson, was a prolific English children’s writer. She was best known for her series on the Lockett family Series - children's adventure stories typical of the 1940s and 1950s, and written from a middle class viewpoint. Her Fricka series was mostly about ponies, and was generally viewed as only middling quality for the genre. Although never in the first rank of children's writers, she was especially good at creating un-

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d and interesting characters. Her earlier works were better received critically than her later works.

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One-act plays

*''Here Lies Matilda'' 1931 *''The Day's Good Cause'' 1935 *''The Chimney Corner: A Play for Women in One Act" 1936''*"T *''Beginner's Luck'' 1936 *''Crab-Apple Harvest'' 1936 *''Going Rustic'' 1936 *''Can the Leopard?'' 1939

Lockett series

*''August Adventure'' 1936 *''Mystery Manor'' 1937 *''The Compass Points North'' 1938 *''Smugglers' Gap'' 1939 *''Going Gangster'' 1940 *''Crusoe Island'' 1941 *''Challenge to Adventure'' 1942 *''The Monster of Widgeon Weir'' 1943 *''The Nest of the Scarecrow'' 1944 *''Problem Party'' 1945 *''Chimney Cottage'' 1947 *''The House on the Moor'' 1948 *''The Thirteenth Adventure'' 1949 *''Steeple Folly'' 1950

Fricka series

*''Castaway Camp'' 1951 *''Hunter's Moon'' 1952 *''The Barnstormers'' 1953 *''Unexpected Adventure'' 1955 *''Riders and Raids'' 1955

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1899 births 1974 deaths English children's writers 20th-century English novelists 20th-century British women writers Writers from London {{UK-child-writer-stub

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One-act plays

Lockett series

Fricka series

Other stories

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