Mary Alice Faid
Mary Alice Faid (21 January 1897 – 14 January 1990), was a British writer of children's books, mostly religious fiction, and of adult fiction.[1][2][3]
Mary Alice Faid | |
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| Born | 21 January 1897[1] Greenock, Scotland[1] |
| Died | 14 January 1990 (aged 92)[1] Helensburgh, Scotland[1] |
| Genre | Children's literature, religious fiction, romantic fiction |
| Spouse | Alexander Carson Dunn[1] |
Personal life
Mary Alice Faid was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1897.[1] Her father was a butcher.[1] She may have attended the University of Glasgow.[4] She married Alexander Carson Dunn in 1923 in the Primitive Methodist Church; he was a teacher.[1] She died in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1990.[1]
Faid is best known for the Trudy series of ten books for children.[1] These take the eponymous heroine from school age to adult life, with an emphasis on her involvement with the evangelistic movement and urban missions.[1] As well as Faid's prolific output of romantic novels, she also wrote stories for women's magazines.[5]
Selected books
Trudy series
- Trudy Takes Charge (Pickering & Inglis, 1949)
- Trudy's Island Holiday (Pickering & Inglis, 1950)
- Trudy's Uphill Road (Pickering & Inglis, 1951)
- Trudy's College Days (Pickering & Inglis, 1953)
- School Ma'am Trudy (Pickering & Inglis, 1955)
- Trudy on Her Own (Pickering & Inglis, 1957)
- Trudy's Small Corner (Pickering & Inglis, 1959)
- Trudy Married (Pickering & Inglis, 1961)
- Trudy in Demand (Pickering & Inglis, 1964)
- Trudy and Family (Pickering & Inglis, 1970)
Adult romance fiction
- Dear Dominie (Hurst & Blackett, 1954)
- A Bride for the Laird (Hurst & Blackett, 1955)
- Stairway to Happiness (Hurst & Blackett, 1955)
- Dance to your Shadow (Hurst & Blackett, 1956)
- The Singing Rain (Hurst & Blackett, 1958)
- Rodrick's Isle (Hurst & Blackett, 1959)
- Mrs. Drummond's Daughters (Hurst & Blackett, 1960)
- Daffodil Square (Hurst & Blackett, 1962)
- Love Will Venture In (Hurst & Blackett, 1963)
- The Glass Keepsake (Hurst & Blackett, 1965)
- The Walls of Rossa (Hurst & Blackett, 1967)
- The Rowan in the Rock (Hurst & Blackett, 1969)
- The Other Side of the Park (Hurst and Blackett, 1972)
- First Love, Second Love (Hurst and Blackett, 1974)
- The Daughter at Home (Hale, 1977)
- The Marshalls of Croma (Hale, 1977)
- No Stars so Bright (Hale, 1978)
- A Kiss for the Teacher (Hale, 1979)
- The Summer of the Wedding (Hale, 1980)
- Love's Ebbing Tide (Hale, 1983)
References
- Sims, Sue; Clare, Hilary (2020). Thomas, Tig (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories (2nd ed.). Girls Gone By Publishers. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-84745-257-3.
- Gifford, Douglas; McMillan, Dorothy (1997). A History of Scottish Women's Writing. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748607426. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- de Maeyer, Jan; Ewers, Hans-Heino; Ghesquière, Rita (2005). Religion, Children's Literature, and Modernity in Western Europe, 1750-2000. Leuven University Press. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-90-5867-497-5. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- MacLehose, J (1920). Glasgow University Calendar for the Year 1920. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- "Mary Faid: Dear Dominie". Newcastle Journal. 12 July 1954. Retrieved 21 November 2020.