SH
was awarded the CBE for her writing in the birthday honours of 2012.
Hill, Susan. “Susan Hill”. Susan Hill.
Critics often comment on her wide range of genres: for example, Peggy Reynolds
calls her a chameleon, while William Trevor
Literary responses
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Again PHJ
had such doubts about the quality of this novel that she would have burned the manuscript if her younger son had not intervened.
Johnson, Pamela Hansford. Important to Me. Macmillan; Scribner, 1974.
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On the whole her son was vindicated: the novel...
Timeline
By late October 1975: The short-story volume Angels at the Ritz,...
Writing climate item
By late October 1975
The short-story volume Angels at the Ritz, by expatriate Irish writer William Trevor (born Trevor Cox
in 1928), was hailed by Graham Greene
as probably the best collection of stories since Joyce
's Dubliners...
25 May 1995: Naim Attallah, proprietor of the Women's...
Writing climate item
25 May 1995
Naim Attallah
, proprietor of the Women's Press, published his first novel, entitled A Timeless Passion. Like all his other works, it was later asserted to be actually ghost-written, every word, by his...
