McNeill, Janet (1907–1994)
McNeill, Janet (1907–1994)
Irish novelist, playwright and children's writer. Name variations: Janet Alexander. Born Janet McNeill, Sept 14, 1907 in Dublin, Ireland; dau. of William (minister) and Jeannie P. (Hogg) McNeill; University of St. Andrews, MA, 1929; m. Robert P. Alexander (civil engineer), 1933 (died); children: 4.
Works include A Child in the House (1955), The Other Side of the Wall (1957), As Strangers Here (1960), The Early Harvest (1962), and The Maiden Dinosaur (1964). Works tell about life in Protestant Belfast from woman's perspective.
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