Mary K. Harris

Mary Kathleen Harris
Mary Kathleen Harris
Born	22 September 1905; Harrow, Middlesex, England
Died	2 June 1966 (aged 60); Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Writer
Period	1941–1966
Genre	Children's literature
Notable works	The Bus Girls

Mary Kathleen Harris (22 September 1905–2 June 1966) was a British children's writer who was commended twice for the Carnegie Medal, for The Bus Girls and Seraphina. Harris was notable for trying to revive girls' school stories by introducing new realism and restraint into the writing.^[1]

Biography

Harris was born in Harrow, Middlesex in 1905, to Roland Edward Harris and Mary Mackey Harris. The family was artistic and she considered becoming a painter before turning to writing. She was educated at Harrow County School for Girls. She was a Catholic. She died in Watford in 1966.

Her first children's book, Gretel at St. Bride's, a story about a refugee from Nazi Germany at a British boarding school, was published in 1941. Several of her books were school stories and some were religious in nature. Her final book was published posthumously.

Bibliography

Gretel at St. Bride's, 1941
The Wolf, 1946
The Niche over the Door, 1948
Fear at My Heart, 1951
Henrietta of St. Hilary's, 1953
Thomas, 1956
My Darling from the Lion's Mouth, 1956 (US title I Am Julie)
A Safe Lodging, 1957
Emily and the Headmistress, 1958
Lucia Wilmot, 1959
Elizabeth, 1961
Penny's Way, 1963
Helena: A Patron Saint Book, 1964
The Bus Girls, 1964
Seraphina, 1965
Jessica on Her Own, 1967

References

^ Sage, Lorna (30 September 1999). The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-521-66813-2.

External links

Goodreads biography
About the Author in The Bus Girls, W. W. Norton & Company edition at the Open Library, page 207
Mary K. Harris at WorldCat

[1] Sage, Lorna (30 September 1999). The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-521-66813-2.

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