Gordon, Sheila
GORDON, Sheila
GORDON, Sheila. American (born South Africa), b. 1927. Genres: Young adult fiction, Autobiography/Memoirs, Novels, Literary criticism and history, Novellas/Short stories, Essays. Career: Writer. Publications: Unfinished Business: A Novel of South Africa, 1975; A Monster in the Mailbox (juvenile novel), 1978; A Modest Harmony: Seven Summers in a Scottish Glen (memoir), 1982; Waiting for the Rain: A Novel of South Africa (young adult novel), 1987; The Middle of Somewhere, 1990. Contributor to periodicals.
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BORN: 1923, Springs, South Africa
NATIONALITY: South African
GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction
MAJOR WORKS:
A Guest of Honour (1970)
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Writer
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The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1946-49, B.A. 1949. Family: Married Margaret Pye in 1954; three sons a… Peter Abrahams , Abrahams, Peter 1919–
Author
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