Mary Alice Faid | |
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Born | [1] Greenock, Scotland [1] | 21 January 1897
Died | 14 January 1990[1] Helensburgh, Scotland [1] | (aged 92)
Genre | Children's literature, religious fiction, romantic fiction |
Spouse | Alexander 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]
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]
Mary Alice Faid | |
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Born | [1] Greenock, Scotland [1] | 21 January 1897
Died | 14 January 1990[1] Helensburgh, Scotland [1] | (aged 92)
Genre | Children's literature, religious fiction, romantic fiction |
Spouse | Alexander 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]
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]