Kathleen Fidler

Kathleen Fidler (Kathleen Annie Fidler Goldie) was a prolific author of children's books, born on 10 August 1899 in Coalville, Leicestershire and died in 1980.[1]

She was raised in Wigan and North Wales, where she became a teacher and later school headmistress. She married in 1930 and moved to Edinburgh shortly afterwards, where she began writing stories for her children, finally settling in Lasswade in Midlothian. During the course of her career, she wrote over 80 novels and non-fiction books for children, many of her novels following the adventures of two families, The Brydons and The Deans. Her work has been praised for the depth and detail of research into the background of her stories.

After Fidler died in 1980, her publishers and members of the Edinburgh Children's Book Group established the Kathleen Fidler Award in memory of her work and support for children's literature. The award, which closed in 2002, was awarded to previously unpublished authors for novels for children aged 8 to 12.[2]

To this day children read her books, which continue to be published and made available and are widely taught in Scottish schools.

Book list

All dates in the list below refer to the first date of publication. All books were originally published by The Lutterworth Press

The Brydons series
  • The Borrowed Garden (1944)
  • St. Jonathan’s In The Country (1945)
  • The Brydons At Smugglers Creek (1945)
  • More Adventures Of The Brydons (1947)
  • The Brydons Go Camping (1948)
  • The Brydons Do Battle (1949)
  • The Brydons In Summer (1949)
  • The Brydons Look For Trouble (1950)
  • The Brydons In A Pickle (1950)
  • Surprises For The Brydons (1950)
  • The Brydons Get Things Going (1951)
  • The Brydons Hunt For Treasure (1951)
  • The Brydons Catch Queer Fish (1952)
  • The Brydons Stick At Nothing (1952)
  • The Brydons Abroad (1953)
  • The Brydons On The Broads (1955)
  • Challenge To The Brydons (1956)
  • The Brydons At Blackpool (1960)
  • The Brydons Go Canoeing (1963)

The Deans series
  • The Deans Move In (1953)
  • The Deans Follow A Clue (1954)
  • The Deans Solve A Mystery (1954)
  • The Deans Defy Danger (1955)
  • The Deans Dive For Treasure (1956)
  • The Deans To The Rescue (1957)
  • The Deans Lighthouse Adventure (1959)
  • The Deans And Mr. Popple (1960)
  • The Deans Dutch Adventure (1962)

The Mr. Simister series
  • The Mysterious Mr. Simister (1947)
  • Mr. Simister Appears Again (1948)
  • Mr. Simister Is Unlucky (1949)

References
  1. Rosemary Auchmuty and Joy Wotton: "The Encyclopaedia of School Stories: an encyclopaedia of girls' school stories", 2000
  2. http://www.booksfromscotland.com/Authors/Kathleen-Fidler
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