PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Celia Dale was born in 1912 to parents who were both onthe stage. She was once a secretary to Rumer Godden, andalso worked as a publisher's advisor and a book reviewer.Her first novel, The Least of These, was published in 1943,and she went on to write twelve others. She won the 1986Crime Writer's Association Veuve Cliquot Short StoryAward for 'Lines of Communication', which appears in heronly short story collection, A Personal Call and Other Stories. She died in 2011
'Celia Dale's writing is quiet, clever, subtle - and terrifying. I can't think of anyone whose stories of suspense I appreciate more.' - Ruth Rendell 'The accuracy, understanding and quiet wit of Jane Austen - plus murder.' - H. R. F. Keating
