Mary Wesley

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born

June 24, 1912 in Englefield Green, Surrey, The United Kingdom

died

December 30, 2002

gender

female

genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Mary Wesley, CBE (24 June 1912 – 30 December 2002) was a English novelist. She reportedly worked in MI5 during World War II.[citation needed]During her career, she became one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million copies of her books, including 10 best-sellers in the last 20 years of her life.

She wrote three children's books, Speaking Terms and The Sixth Seal (both 1969) and Haphazard House (1983), before publishing adult fiction. Since her first adult novel was published only in 1983, when she was 71, she may be regarded as a late bloomer. The publication of Jumping the Queue in 1983 was the beginning of an intensely creative period of Wesley's life. From 1982 to 1991, she wrote and delivered seven novels. While she...more

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Books by Mary Wesley

Average rating: 3.69 · 2,406 ratings · 167 reviews · 19 distinct works

	The Camomile Lawn 3.79 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 1984 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Harnessing Peacocks 3.71 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions	My rating:
	A Sensible Life 3.69 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Jumping the Queue 3.63 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Not That Sort of Girl 3.76 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Part Of The Furniture 3.66 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Vacillations of Poppy Carew 3.68 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	My rating:
	A Dubious Legacy 3.55 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Second Fiddle 3.48 avg rating — 151 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	An Imaginative Experience 3.64 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	My rating: