Stubbs, Jean

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STUBBS, Jean

STUBBS, Jean. British, b. 1926. Genres: Mystery/Crime/Suspense, Romance/Historical. Career: Regular Reviewer, Books and Bookmen, London, 1966-80; Writer-in-Residence, Avon, 1984; Writers' Summer Schools and Seminars, lecturer, 1968. Publications: The Rose Grower, 1962; The Travellers, 1963; Hanrahan's Colony, 1964; The Straw Crown, 1966; My Grand Enemy, 1967; The Passing Star (in U.S. as Eleanora Duse), 1970; The Case of Kitty Ogilvie, 1970; An Unknown Welshman, 1972; Dear Laura, 1973; The Painted Face, 1974; The Golden Crucible, 1976; Kit's Hill, 1978, (in U.S. as By Our Beginnings, 1979); The Ironmaster (in U.S. as An Imperfect Joy), 1981; The Vivian Inheritance, 1982; The Northern Correspondent, 1984; 100 Years Around the Lizard, 1985; A Lasting Spring, 1987; Great Houses of Cornwall, 1988; Like We Used to Be, 1989; Summer Secrets, 1990 (in U.S. as Light in Summer, 1991); Kelly Park, 1992; Charades (in U.S. as Family Games), 1994; The Witching Time, 1998. Address: Trewin, Nancegollan near Helston, Cornwall TR13 0AJ, England.