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Jane Gardam

Author of Old Filth

Includes the names: Jane Gardan, Jane Gardam, Jane Gardham

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Jane Gardam was born in North Yorkshire, England in 1928. She is the author of many children's novels that include "A Long Way from Verona" (1971). She has also written novels and collections of stories for adults that include "God on the Rocks" (1978), "Bilgewater and the Pangs of Love and Other Stories" (1983) and "The Summer After the Funeral." Her book "Groundlings" was taken from "Showing the Flag and Other Stories" (1989). Gardam's novels and stories have received many literary prizes. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Old Filth… (more)
Old Filth 2,210 copies, 134 reviews
The Man in the Wooden Hat 956 copies, 44 reviews
The Queen of the Tambourine 604 copies, 22 reviews
Last Friends 548 copies, 38 reviews
God on the Rocks 401 copies, 25 reviews
A Long Way from Verona 368 copies, 10 reviews
Crusoe's Daughter 366 copies, 15 reviews
The Flight of the Maidens 355 copies, 11 reviews
Bilgewater 330 copies, 11 reviews
Faith Fox 282 copies, 8 reviews
The People on Privilege Hill 232 copies, 5 reviews
The Hollow Land 177 copies, 7 reviews
The Stories of Jane Gardam 141 copies, 2 reviews
Little Women (Preface, some editions) 17,276 copies, 409 reviews
A Little Princess (Introduction, some editions) 14,657 copies, 210 reviews
The Vet's Daughter (Introduction, some editions) 556 copies, 19 reviews
Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre (Contributor) 276 copies, 21 reviews
The Pleasure of Reading (Contributor) 183 copies, 7 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (Contributor) 126 copies, 4 reviews
The Oxford Book of Travel Stories (Contributor) 72 copies, 1 review
The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories (Contributor) 71 copies, 2 reviews
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (Contributor) 35 copies, 1 review
Is Anyone There? (Contributor) 27 copies
Growing Up Stories (Contributor) 11 copies
The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls (Contributor) 11 copies
Beware! Beware!: Chilling Tales (Contributor) 6 copies
Top Teen Stories (Contributor) 6 copies
Young Winter's Tales 6 (Contributor) 1 copy
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