Phyllis Briggs

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Phyllis Midwood Briggs (born 1904 ; died June 11, 1981 in Clacton-on-Sea ) was a British writer of books for young people. She also published under the pseudonym Philip Briggs .

Works (selection)

Philip Briggs: Northbound with the Pintail (1948)
  • Wolf of the North . Narrative. London: A. & C. Black, 1937
  • The silent hunter . Illustrations Raymond Sheppard . 1939
  • The Cat of Pine Ridge . Illustrations C. Gifford Ambler. London: Hutchinson, 1944
    • Schnurr, the cat: A story from the animal paradise "Magnusland" . Translation by Vini Gibson. Illustrations C. Gifford Ambler. Vienna: Ueberreuter, 1949
  • The keeper of the lake . London: Lutterworth Press, 1945
  • Ocean redhead . London: Lutterworth Press, 1949
  • The secret garden . Illustrations JE McConnell. London: Thames Publishing, 1951
  • Son of Black Beauty . London: Thames Publishing, 1952
  • Brer Rabbit Stories. Retold by Phyllis Briggs from the original stories by JC Harris . Illustrations G. Higham. London: Juvenile Productions, 1952
  • More Brer Rabbit Stories. Based on the original stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Retold by Phyllis Briggs . Illustrations G. Higham. London: Juvenile Productions, 1953
  • King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table . London: Thames Publishing, 1954
  • Tales of Brer Rabbit. Told by Phyllis Briggs from the original stories by Joel Chandler Harris . Illustrations EH Davie. London: Juvenile Productions, 1955
  • Every girl's annual .
  • Pickles the pony . Illustrations G. Higham. London: Juvenile Productions, 1959
  • More Stories of Pickles the Pony . Illustrations G. Higham. London: Juvenile Productions, 1959
  • Pickles the pony stories . 1964
  • Horses and ponies of the world picture-stamp book . Illustrations by Nat Long. London: Purnell, 1966
Philip Briggs
  • The Silent Hunter . 1939
  • North with the Pintail . London: Lutterworth Press, 1943
    • Northbound with the "Pintail": The adventures of two boys over a Viking treasure . Translation: Dorothea Strauch, Hilda Des Arts. Rendsburg: Wilkens, 1948
  • The Cat of Pine Ridge . 1944
  • The Keeper of the Lake . 1945
  • Orchid Island . London: Lutterworth Press, 1947
  • Coast Waters . London: Lutterworth Press, 1949
  • The turning point . London: Pickering & Inglis, 1953
  • Escape from Gravity . Science fiction. London: Lutterworth Press, 1955
  • The Silent Planet . Science fiction. London: Lutterworth Press, 1957
  • Under the Ensign . London: Oliphants, 1957
  • Three rovers . London: Lutterworth Press, 1958
  • Man of Antarctica. The story of Captain Scott . London: Lutterworth Press, 1959

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Terence John Carty (Ed.): A dictionary of literary pseudonyms in the English language . London: Mansell, 2000 ISBN 0720123828 , p. 313
personal data
SURNAME Briggs, Phyllis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Briggs, Philip (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1904
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1981
Place of death Clacton-on-Sea