Phyllis Arkle (

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

, 23 April 1910 – 10 October 1997), was an English author of children's books.

Biography

Arkle (formerly Griffiths) was born and educated in

, but 1959 saw her move to the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

of Twyford,

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. Among her works was ''The Railway Cat'' (

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) and the

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series (beginning in

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). She married Edward Arkle. She died in 1997, aged 87 years.

Bibliography

''Roddy the Roadman'' (1970) ''Roddy and the Rustlers'' (1972) ''Magic at Midnight'' (1974) ''Roddy on the Motorway'' (1974) ''Roddy on the Canal'' (1975) ''Grandma's Own Zoo'' (1979) ''Roddy and the Puma'' (1979) ''The Village Dinosaur'' (1979) ''The Adventures of Blunter Button'' (1980) ''Magic in the Air'' (1980) ''Roddy and the Miniature Railway'' (1980) ''Two Village Dinosaurs'' (1981) ''The Railway Cat'' (1985) ''The Real Sawrey'' (1985) ''The Railway Cat and Digby'' (1986) ''The Railway Cat's Secret'' (1987) ''The Dinosaur Field'' (1989) ''The Railway Cat on the Run'' (1996) ''The Railway Cat and the Ghost'' (1997) ''The Railway Cat and the Horse'' (1999)

References

1910 births 1997 deaths English children's writers Writers from Chester People from Twyford, Berkshire British women children's writers 20th-century English women writers 20th-century English writers {{England-writer-stub