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Flora klickmanNAuthor, journalist and editor of the Girls' Own Paper she reached a huge audience with her Flowerpatch series set in Brockwier. Read more...
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F. W. HarveyA towering influence on the literary heritage of the Forest of Dean and Gloucestershire. He was a poet, broadcaster and solicitor with a remarkable talent and profound love for his native County and the Forest of Dean. Read more...
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Joyce LathamPoet, author, and performer, Joyce Latham wrote with warmth and humour about the people and places of the Forest of Dean. Read more...
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BILL TANDYA much loved Forest doctor who in his writing demonstrated a respect, understanding and fondness for his adopted community. Read more...
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DENNIS POTTERTransforming television with memorable and experimental drama, his writing spanned fiction, documentary, stage and screen. Read more...
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keith morganPoet, performer and campaigner, Keith has made a significant contribution to putting Forest dialect into print. Read more...
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HUMPHREY PHELPSHe wrote about farming lives, and the Forest. His books of old photographs documented Forest people and places. Read more...
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Maggie ClutterbuckContemporary
poet, novelist, creative writing teacher, and former Forest Bard. Read more... |
Ada M. Trotter
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sarah franklinJournalist, lecturer, book reviewer & author, it was her native Forest of Dean that inspired her to write her first novel. Read more...
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Joanna trevor
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S. M. Crawley-BoeveySybella Mary wrote two volumes of stories drawing on the history of the family seat of Flaxley Abbey. She wrote children's stories, novels, and for magazines. Read more...
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james playsted woodA successful US author, editor and educator, he had ancestral connections to the Forest. He wrote an historical children's novel set in the Forest of Dean. Read more...
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thomas mayne-reidThis Irish-born adventurer and author spent time in America and Mexico, coming to know the Forest of Dean whilst he lived near Ross-on-Wye. Read more...
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valerie grosvenor-myerBorn in Soudley she witnessed the 1989 events in Tiananmen Square, China. A successful journalist, academic, critic, poet and novelist. Read more...
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Ray wrightHe opened a disused iron mine in Clearwell creating a tourist attraction, became one of the Queen's Verderers, and wrote books on the Forest that blended fact and fiction....
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Rev. h. g. nichollsHe arrived to be curate of Holy Trinity Church, Drybrook and became fascinated by the Forest of Dean. His three books on the area has led him to be known as 'the first historian of the Forest'. Read more...
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hebe weenolsenA writer of historical novels she was born in England but moved to America after marrying a movie writer and producer. The 12th century Forest is at the heart of gripping story To Keep This Oath
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LOUISE LAWRENCE
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J. K. RowlingPhenomenally successful author of the Harry Potter series, and other books. As a teenager she lived at Tutshill, and attended Wydean School where some of her teachers seem to have been the inspiration for two of her Hogwarts' teachers. In Deathly Hallows Pt1 Hermione remembers the Forest of Dean from childhood holidays and its there that she, Harry and Ron escape to.
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edna healeyHaving been born and educated in Coleford she went on to graduate from Oxford University and qualify as a teacher. She became a successful biographer and broadcaster. Read more...
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Andrew TaylorMulti-award winning author known for his detective, and historical, fiction. The location of his 'Lydmouth' series draws inspiration from the Forest of Dean and surrounding area. His collection Fireside Gothic (2016) includes a story set in the Forest.
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cyril hartHM Verderer, authority on sylviculture, forestry, and preeminent historian of the Forest of Dean.
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arthur percival keenA successful Bristol businessman he published his first novel in his eighties. His second, remembering the Forest of Dean of his youth, was published more than sixty years after his death. Read more...
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Rev. William wickendenA prolific, popular author and occasional poet, he boasted Charles Dickens amongst his many readers. Born at Etloe on the banks of the River Severn he became friends with the vaccine pioneer Dr Edward Jenner who mentored him and later dubbed Dubbed 'The Bard of the Forest' this Etloe-born curate boasted Charles Dickens amongst his many readers. Red more...
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Rev. R. J. MansfieldHe was a founding member of the Forest of Dean Local History Society, and wrote a concise popular history of the Forest. Read more...
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