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Joyce Stranger


Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
May 26, 1921

Genre
Animals, Children's


Psuedonym of Joyce Muriel Wilson (1921–2007). Lived in Anglesey, Wales.
Trained as a biologist, specialising in animal behaviour, and tried her hand at dog training too. Not surprisingly, animal themes, especially relationships between human and animal feature in all of her books. She thought that the human-animal/human-nature relationship was extremely important and that a co-existence between the two could improve quality of life. She said "for many people an animal can provide a harmony lacking in day-to-day relationships with people."
Her books are not very anthropomorphic, deliberately so. She thought that many animal books, especially childrens were inaccurate or sentimental or humanised the animal and wanted her stories instead to "sho ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 1,473 ratings · 144 reviews · 113 distinct works • Similar authors
A Walk in the Dark
4.12 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions
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The Running Foxes
3.98 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions
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Rex
4.29 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1967 — 13 editions
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Breed of Giants
3.97 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1966 — 15 editions
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Kym: The True Story of a Si...
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4.19 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
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Casey
3.95 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1968 — 9 editions
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Zara
4.16 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions
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Chia, the Wildcat
4.30 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions
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Flash
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The January Queen
4.37 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions
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“We take sight for granted and forget to look”
― Joyce Stranger, A Walk in the Dark
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