Elinor Bruce Lyon (17 August 1921 – 28 May 2008) was an English children's author from a Scottish family background. Several of her novels are set on the Highland coast, others in Wales. They have been seen to feature "strong girls and sensitive boys and shared leadership between the sexes".[1]
^The Guardian obituary by Julia Eccleshare, 24 June 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
Elinor Bruce Lyon (17 August 1921 – 28 May 2008) was an English children's author from a Scottish family background. Several of her novels are set on...
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– My Side of the Mountain Rumer Godden – "Candy Floss" (short story) ElinorLyon – Cathie Runs Wild Scott O'Dell – Island of the Blue Dolphins Georges...
Mousewife Cynthia Harnett – The Wool-Pack C. S. Lewis – Prince Caspian ElinorLyon – We Daren't Go A'Hunting Gianni Rodari – l romanzo di Cipollino (The...
Silver Chair (fourth in The Chronicles of Narnia series of seven books) ElinorLyon – Run Away Home Joan Phipson – Good Luck to the Rider Joan G. Robinson...
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inspired venues in the "Ian and Sovra" series of children's novels by ElinorLyon, according to a letter of 24 June 2005 depicted on her page. Loch Beag...
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2022) 15 August – Patrick Nairne, civil servant (died 2013) 17 August – ElinorLyon, children's writer (died 2008) 18 August Francis Arthur Jefferson, World...
of W. E. Johns's Biggles titles, much of the Ian and Sovra series by ElinorLyon, the Cherry books by Will Scott, and Scottish author Nigel Tranter's...
included Olivia FitzRoy, Anne Digby, Victoria Walker, Primrose Cumming, ElinorLyon, Mabel Esther Allan, and Ruby Ferguson. These books have reappeared as...
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