Mary Evelyn Atkinson Frankau
Born
Mary Evelyn Atkinson

(1899-06-20)20 June 1899
London, England
Died20 July 1974(1974-07-20) (aged 75)
NationalityBritish
OccupationNovelist
Years active1931-1961

Mary Evelyn Frankau, née Atkinson (20 June 1899 in London – 20 July 1974), writing as M. E. Atkinson, was a prolific English children’s writer.

She was best known for her series on the Lockett family Series[1] - children's adventure stories typical of the 1940s and 1950s, and written from a middle class viewpoint. Her Fricka series was mostly about ponies, and was generally viewed as only middling quality for the genre. Although never in the first rank of children's writers, she was especially good at creating un-stereotyped and interesting characters.[2] Her earlier works were better received critically than her later works.[3]

Bibliography

One-act plays

Lockett series

Fricka series

Other stories

References

  1. ^ Watson, Victor (2013). Reading Series Fiction: From Arthur Ransome to Gene Kemp. Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 9781134588466. Retrieved 5 January 2015. Ransome ... Almost as important was the work of M. E. Atkinson's Lockett series.
  2. ^ Dudley Edwards, Owen (2007). British Children's Fiction in the Second World War. Edinburgh UP. ISBN 978-0748616510.
  3. ^ Bird, Hazel Sheeky (2014). "A very fuzzy set: defining camping and tramping fiction". Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 31. ISBN 9781137407436. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. ^ Google Books
  5. ^ "Mystery Manor by M e Atkinson - AbeBooks".
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