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
Born(1897-01-21)January 21, 1897[1]
Greenock, Scotland[1]
DiedJanuary 14, 1990(1990-01-14) (aged 92)[1]
Helensburgh, Scotland[1]
GenreChildren's literature, religious fiction, romantic fiction
SpouseAlexander 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

  1. 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. 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.

See also

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