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Leonard Malcolm Saville (1901-1982) was an English author born in Hastings, Sussex. He is best known for the Lone Pine series of children's books, many of which are set in Shropshire. His work places emphasis on place, with the books including many vivid descriptions of English countryside, villages and sometimes towns. It is also generally acknowledged to be of high literary value, with, for instance, one of Saville's books, Jane's Country Year being described as "another work which deserves to be valued and read". (Watson 2001) Saville's writing career, from 1943 to 1982, was an extensive diversion from his working life that began at Oxford University Press then continued as a publicist with Cassell & Co. (now part of Orion Books), Associated Press, and George Newnes. He was later the editor of two magazines, taking over one of these - the well-remembered Sunny Stories - from Enid Blyton when she left to set up her own magazine in direct competition. Several of his 90 books were serialised for broadcast on BBC radio, and his 1953 book The Ambermere Treasure, part of the Jillies series, was serialised by Associated-Rediffusion, the first commercial television company to broadcast in the UK, in late 1955 and early 1956; it was therefore one of the first ITV children's drama series. [edit] Social & familyHis marriage to Dorothy (née McCoy) in 1926 produced four children. Saville had strong moral convictions, and was a practising Christian. [edit] Book listAll dates in the list below refer to the first date of publication. Some of the earlier titles were reissued in revised editions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Lone Pine series
The Buckingham series
The Jillies series
The Nettleford series:
The Marston Baines series
The Susan and Bill series
The Michael and Mary series
The Brown Family series
Other fiction books
Travel books:
Nature and countryside books:
Religious books
Other non-fiction:
Saville also edited a poetry anthology called Words For All Seasons, first published in 1979 and still in print. Before his death Saville began a book on the Shropshire countryside he loved, called The Silent Hills of Shropshire; he died before he could finish it, but it was completed by Mark O'Hanlon and published in 1998, although it is no longer in print. Mark O'Hanlon's biography of Saville, Beyond the Lone Pine is, however, in print. Another book by Mark O'Hanlon called The Complete Lone Pine - a guide to the entire series - was published in 1996 and was reprinted in an extended edition in 2005. An anthology of Malcolm Saville's Short Stories is likely to be published by the Malcolm Saville Society but the date has yet to be confirmed. It should be mentioned that many of the out-of-print books are easily available in second-hand editions; others, however, are considerably harder to find. [edit] External links
Watson, Victor (2001). The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English Cambridge University Press 627-628 ISBN 0521550645 |
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