Life
Viola Clare Wingfield Powles was born on 8 January 1911, in Rye, Sussex. Her parents were Isabel Grace Wingfield andWorks
*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)*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 ParisReferences
Author's and Writer's Who's Who, 1963Sources
* * * * * * 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