Viola Clare Bayley (8 January 1911 – January 1997) was a British children's writer of adventure stories.

Life

Viola Clare Wingfield Powles was born on 8 January 1911, in Rye, Sussex. Her parents were Isabel Grace Wingfield and

Lewis Charles Powles Lewis Charles Powles (29 January 1860 – 6 July 1942) was a British Artist. Powles was born in Cirencester, England, in January 1860, one of six children. (Document) His father was Rev. Henry C. Powles. He married Isabel Grace Wingfield on 21 Jan ...

. She was educated at Effingham House, Behnke Drama School, and Licenciate of the Guildhall School of Music. In the winter of 1933 she visited her uncle, a high Court Judge, in Lahore in India. There she met Vernon Thomas Bayley (C.M.G., O.B.E.) of the Indian Police and got engaged. She returned to England to be married and subsequently returned to Hangu in India with her husband in 1934. In 1935 they moved to Delhi. Over the years frequent trips to places such as Simla and Gulmarg took place. After the war, they returned to England in 1946. The couple has two sons, two daughters. 1975/76: short memoir of the first year in India, and One Woman's Raj about her time in Indi

Death: January 1997

Works

*The Wings of the Morning. Tales (1936)* *The Ways of Wonderland (1938) *The Dark Lantern (1951) *White Holiday (1953)*. On holiday in Switzerland, Rosamund and her brother help their skiing instructor to uncover a mystery which threatens his life *Storm on the Marsh (1953) *April Gold (1954) *Paris Adventure (1954) *Little Mallows (1955) *Lebanon Adventure (1955) *Kashmir Adventure (1956) *Turkish Adventure (1957) *Corsican Adventure (1957) *Shadow on the Wall (1958) *Swedish Adventure (1959) *Mission on the Moor (1960)* *London Adventure (1962) *Italian Adventure (1964) *Scottish Adventure (1965) *Welsh Adventure (1966) *Austrian Adventure (1968)* *Jersey Adventure (1969) *Adriatic Adventure (1970)* *Caribbean Adventure (1971)*. Tricia and her friends the Hamilton's go to stay with their cousin Derek who has inherited an estate on the island of Grenada. *Greek Adventure (1972) *Shadows on the Cape (1985)* * date of first edition. Other dates of first edition not verified ---- Shorter stories in collections: "Turn of the Tide" in ''Collins Girl's Annual'' 1955
"Walls of Snow" in ''Collins Girl's Annual'' (1953 ?) 128 pages
... in ''Stirring Stories for Girls'', 1960, Duthie, Eric. Editor
... in ''The Favourite Book for Girls''
... ''in Girls' Story Omnibus''
"Walls of Snow" in ''The Splendid Book for Girls'' (about 1956) ---- A number of these works were illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster

Other languages

A number of her works were translated into other languages German *Die schwarze Laterne *Abenteuer in Wales *Abenteuer in Griechenland *Abenteuer auf Jersey *Karibisches Abenteuer *Abenteuer im Libanon *Abenteuer in Paris *Schatten über Penderwick *Abenteuer in Italien *Abenteuer in Kaschmir *Abenteuer in Schottland *So tüchtig wie Tissie: Ein Sommer voller Überraschungen (1960), 127pp French *Aventure Aux Caraïbes *Une ombre sur le mur * Au-dessus du gouffre in 15 histoires d'aventure pour Filles Dutch *Het Raadsel Van Het Heidehuis *De schaduw op de muur Swedish *Äventyr i Paris

References

Author's and Writer's Who's Who, 1963

Viola Bayley by Julie Maki

Viola Bayley, Rye Castle Museu

Sources

* * * * * * Introduction by Sir Christopher Bayly {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayley, Viola British children's writers People from Rye, East Sussex 1911 births 1997 deaths British people in colonial India