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 on the Forest of Dean. His books of old photographs document the lives of Forest communities...
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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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Margaret Mushet |
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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TOM BEVANBorn in Wales, educated in Gloucester and Cheltenham, this prodigious Victorian/Edwardian children's author set two of his books in the Forest of Dean... |
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 blending 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 know as 'the first historian of the Forest'...
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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 one of her gripping stories...
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LOUISE LAWRENCE
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