Mary Alice Faid
Born(1897-01-21)21 January 1897[1]
Greenock, Scotland[1]
Died14 January 1990(1990-01-14) (aged 92)[1]
Helensburgh, Scotland[1]
GenreChildren's literature, religious fiction, romantic fiction
SpouseAlexander Carson Dunn[1]

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]

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

Adult romance fiction

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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.
  2. ^ Gifford, Douglas; McMillan, Dorothy (1997). A History of Scottish Women's Writing. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748607426. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ MacLehose, J (1920). Glasgow University Calendar for the Year 1920. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Mary Faid: Dear Dominie". Newcastle Journal. 12 July 1954. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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