Vivien Alcock
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Life and career
Alcock was born in Worthing, now in West Sussex, England, and her family moved to Devizes in Wiltshire when she was ten years old. She was the youngest of three sisters who were devoted to reading, drawing, and storytelling.[1] Alcock studied at Oxford University's Ruskin School of Drawing until 1942, when she left the program to join the women's branch of the British Army (Auxiliary Territorial Service).[1][2]
Alcock and Leon Garfield met while she was driving ambulances in Belgium. They married and adopted a daughter, named Jane after Jane Austen. Garfield became a successful children's writer in the 1960s.
Her own first book published was The Haunting of Cassie Palmer, from Methuen in 1980 when she was 56 years old. She followed The Haunting with The Stonewalkers (1981) and about twenty others.[1] The Cuckoo Sister (1985) and The Monster Garden (1988) are her two most widely held works as catalogued by WorldCat libraries.[3]
Published writings
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- The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1980)Template:Efn – produced as a 1981 film of the same name
- The Stonewalkers (1981)Template:Efn – also produced as an audio cassette
- The Sylvia Game (1982)
- Travellers by Night (1983)
- Ghostly Companions: A Feast of Chilling Tales (1984) – includes "A Change of Aunts" (1984)
- The Cuckoo Sister (1985)Template:Efn
- Wait and See (1986)
- The Mysterious Mr. Ross (1987)Template:Efn
- A Kind of Thief (1988)Template:Efn
- The Monster Garden (1988)Template:Efn
- The Thing in the Woods (1989)
- The Trial of Anna Cotman (1989)Template:Efn
- The Dancing Bush (1991)
- Singer to the Sea God (1992)Template:Efn
- Othergran (1993)
- The Face at the Window (1994); US ed., Stranger at the Window (1998)[3]
- The Wrecker (1994)
- Time Wreck (1996); US ed., The Red-Eared Ghosts (1997)[4]Template:Efn
- The Silver Egg (1997)
- A Gift on a String (1998)
- Ticket to Heaven (2000)
- The Boy Who Swallowed a Ghost (2001)
Awards and honours
- Best science fiction/fantasy book, Voice of Youth Advocates, 1988, The Monster GardenScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Carnegie Medal, shortlist, The Trial of Anna CotmanScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Notable Books for Children, American Library Association: 1985 Travellers by Night, 1986 The Cuckoo Sister, 1988 The Monster Garden
- Horn Book Honor List, The Horn Book Magazine: 1985 Travellers by Night
- Horn Book Fanfare Best Books of the Year: 1989 The Monster Garden, 1993 A Kind of Thief
Notes
References
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- ↑ a b c "Vivien Alcock: Writer in touch with the feelings of children". The Guardian. 11 November 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ Peters Books: Biography. Template:Webarchive
- ↑ a b "Alcock, Vivien". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ↑ Template:Isfdb name. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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External links
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- Obituary by Julia Eccleshare in The Guardian
- Vivien Alcock at Fantastic Fiction – bibliographic data with many cover images
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