Tindall, Gillian (1938–)
Tindall, Gillian (1938–)
British novelist and biographer. Born May 4, 1938, in London, England; m. R. G. Lansdown.
Novels include No Name in the Street (1959), The Edge of the Paper (1963), The Youngest (1967), Fly Away Home (1971), The Intruder (1979), To the City (1987); nonfiction includes The Born Exile: George Gissing (1974), The Fields Beneath: The History of One English Village (1977) and City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay (1982); also published essays and reviews for magazines and journals. Won Mary Elgin Prize and Somerset Maugham Prize for Fly Away Home.
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