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Christianna Brand

Christianna Brand was born Mary Christianna Milne in Malaya but spent most of her childhood in England and India. She had a number of different occupations, including model, dancer, shop assistant and governess. Brand also wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Ann Ashe, Annabel Jones, Mary Brand, Mary Roland, and China Thompson. Christianna Brand served as chair of the Crime Writers' Association from 1972 to 1973. (Wikipedia)

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British writer (1907-1988)

Born 1907
Died 1988

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British writer (1907-1988)

Born 1907
Died 1988

Subjects

Fiction, Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Inspector Cockrill (Fictitious character), Cockrill, inspector (fictitious character), fiction, England, fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction in English, Great britain, fiction, Large type books, Children's fiction, English literature, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Humorous stories, Behavior, Children's stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, Fiction, short stories (single author), Governesses, Juvenile fiction, Nurses, fiction, English fiction, Fiction, general, Nurse Matilda (Fictitious character)

Places

England, Kent, Kent (England), 221B Baker Street, Abbey Grange, Australia, Chislehurst, Dartmoor (England), Great Britain, New York, Scotland Yard, sdafa

People

Eustace Brackenstall, Jack Croker, Jessie M'Intosh M'Lachlan (1834?-1899), Jessie McLachlan, John H. Watson, Lady Brackenstall, Nanny, Sherlock Holmes, Stanley Hopkins

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1940s, Second World War, asf, post World War II

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Alternative names

  • Mary Ann Ashe
  • Annabel Jones
  • Mary Brand
  • Mary Roland
  • China Thompson

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March 15, 2025 Edited by mheiman merge authors
November 24, 2024 Edited by M C W Edited without comment.
January 19, 2024 Edited by mheiman merge authors
August 30, 2023 Edited by mheiman merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import