William Vaughan Wilkins (March 6, 1890 – February 1959) was an English historical novelist and journalist.[1] Wilkins was born and raised in England. Wilkins was interested in Welsh history, and some of his stories have Welsh settings, causing some writers to mistakenly describe Wilkins as Welsh.[1]

Biography

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Vaughan Wilkins was born in Camberwell, London. His father, William Henry Wilkins, was a clergyman (born in Nottingham in 1857) and his mother, Charlotte Wilkins, née Law, a voice teacher (born in London).[2] He married Mary Isabel Stanistreet and had two children. He spent some time working as a journalist for the Daily Express. Wilkins was noted for his novel And So - Victoria about Queen Victoria, which became a surprise bestseller in the United States.[1][3] Fanfare for a Witch focuses on intrigue in the court of George II.[4] Wilkins also wrote two "lost world" fantasy novels inspired by Celtic mythology, The City of Frozen Fire (1950) and Valley Beyond Time (1955).[5] His grave is in the churchyard in Farnsfield, Notts and states that his birthplace was Ross-on-Wye.

Bibliography

• Sidelights on Industrial Revolution (Jarrolds, 1925)
• And So – Victoria (Cape, 1937)
• Endless Prelude (Routledge, 1937)
• Looking Back To See Straight (Individualist Bookshop,1942)
• Seven Tempest (Cape, 1942)
• Being Met Together (Cape, 1944)
• After Bath, or, if you prefer, the Remarkable case of the flying hat… (Cape, 1945)
• Once Upon A Time, An Adventure (Cape, 1949)
• The City of Frozen Fire (Cape, 1950)
• [Introduces] Hermsprong; or, Man as he is not…by Robert Bage (Turnstile Press, 1951)
• A King Reluctant (Cape, 1952)
• Crown Without Sceptre (Cape, 1952)
• Fanfare for a Witch (Cape, 1954)
• Valley Beyond Time (Cape, 1955)
• And So – Victoria (Revised edition, Pan, 1956)
• Lady of Paris (Cape, 1956)
• Dangerous Exile (Retitled edition of A King Reluctant, Pan, 1957)
• Husband for Victoria (Cape, 1958)

of which:

History

• Endless prelude: an historical anthology
• Sidelights on industrial evolution

For children

• After Bath or (if you prefer) The Remarkable Case of the Flying Hat

References

• IMDb. Biography for Vaughan Wilkins. (online). Available from: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929321/bio. [Accessed 28 July 2007].
• LibraryThing Beta Author: Vaughan Wilkins Available from: http://www.librarything.com/author/wilkinsvaughan. [Accessed 30 July 2007].

External links

• National Portrait Gallery