Jenifer Wayne
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Jenifer Wayne (1917–1982) (born Anne Jenifer Wayne) was a British author of children's literature. She graduated in 1936 from Somerville College, Oxford.[1] After leaving Oxford, she worked on the staff of the BBC as writer/producer. In 1948, she married Cecil R. Hewitt (C. H. Rolph of the New Statesman) and became a freelance writer for Home and Overseas Services. They had three children, the eldest of whom, Deborah, won a scholarship to Somerville. They lived in Surrey.
Her books included the Sprout series, and The Day the Ceiling Fell Down and The Night the Rain Came In, which featured the same group of three children.[2] Her works have been translated into German, Dutch and Latvian.
References
- ^ Batson 2008, p. 210.
- ^ "Jenifer Wayne". Goodreads. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
Bibliography
- Judy G. Batson (2008). Her Oxford. Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 9780826516107.
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