Christine Chaundler

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Christine Chaundler
BornChristine Chaundler
(1887-09-05)5 September 1887
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England
Died15 December 1972(1972-12-15) (aged 85)
Fittleworth, Sussex
Pen namePeter Martin
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Period1912–1949
GenreChildren's literature
Notable works
  • Lancelot: The Adventures of King Arthur's Most Celebrated Knight
  • The Right St. John's
  • The Chivalrous Fifth
  • Bunty of the Blackbirds
  • The Madcap of the School"

Christine Chaundler (5 September 1887 – 15 December 1972) was a prolific English children's author, who also wrote stories for boys as Peter Martin.[1] Some of her hundreds of short stories were broadcast by the BBC.

Life

Born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, the daughter of a solicitor, Henry Chaundler, and Constance Julia Chaundler (née Thompson), she was educated at Queen Anne's School, Caversham, until the age of sixteen, and then at St Winifred's School, Llanfairfechan.[2][3]

Apart from a brief period in the

Land Army during the First World War, Chaundler worked in editorial jobs as she built her writing career. By 1920, her earnings had allowed her to build a house on the Sussex Downs, where she lived until her death in 1972. She never married.[2]

Career

1n 1910, Chaundler adapted Sleeping Beauty as a children's play that was performed at the Biggleswade Town Hall.

Shakespeare, and Kipling, she was listed above Alcott and Stevenson.[6] She wrote hundreds of short stories for magazines and children's annuals, some of which were broadcast over the BBC's Children's Hour.[2][7] However, the market for these types of children's books had changed by the late 1940s and Chaundler turned to reviewing books, reading books for publishers, and marketing her short stories to the BBC.[2]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 112.
  2. ^
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  3. ^ "Christmas Cards and Calendars". Aberdeen Press and Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 24 November 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Biggleswade". Bedfordshire Times and Independent. British Newspaper Archives. 23 December 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. ^ Doyle, Brian, ed. (1968). The WHO'S WHO of Children's Literature. New York: Schocken. p. 50.
  6. ^ "An interesting census". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Glamorgan, Wales. 8 December 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ E.g. "Radio Programmes. 2 LO London 365M". The Scotsman. British Library. 18 May 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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