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Richmal Crompton

Female : Children's writer & Novelist. Single. Contracted polio in 1923 and was forced to give up teaching and write full-time
Nationality : English Place of Birth : Bury,Lancashire

Date of Birth : 1890 Date of Death : 1969 Age : 79

Pseudonyms : Richmal Crompton Lamburn

Other Work : Classics mistress at Bromley HS for Girls until 1924

Education : St Elphins School, Darley Dale & Royal Holloway College
[Just William first appeared in "Home Magazine" in February 1919]
JUST WILLIAM BOOKS : All published by Newnes
All illustrated by Thomas Henry
Just William
(1922)
[Filmed in 1939]
More William
(1922)
William Again
(1923)
William the Fourth
(1924)
Still William
(1925)
William the Conqueror
(1926)
William the Outlaw
(1927)
William in Trouble
(1927)
William the Good
(1928)
William
(1929)
William the Bad
(1930)
William's Happy Days
(1930)
William's Crowded Hours
(1931)
William the Pirate
(1932)
William the Rebel
(1933)
William the Gangster
(1934)
William the Detective
(1935)
Sweet William
(1936)
William the Showman
(1937)
William the Dictator
(1938)
William and A.R.P.
(1939)
Just William : The Book of the Film
(1939 Newnes)
William and the Evacuees
(1940)
William Does His Bit
(1941)
William Carries On
(1942)
William and the Brains Trust
(1945)
Just William's Luck
(1948)
[Filmed in 1947]
William the Bold
(1950)
William and the Tramp
(1952)
William and the Moon Rocket
(1954)
William and the Space Animal
(1956)
William's Television Show
(1956)
William the Explorer
(1960)
William's Treasure Trove
(1962)

Illustrated by Thomas Henry & Henry Ford
William and the Witch
(1964)

Illustrated by Peter Archer & Thomas Henry
William and the Monster
(1965 Armada)
William the Ancient Briton
(1965 Armada)
William the Cannibal
(1965 Armada)
William the Globetrotter
(1965 Armada)

Illustrated by Henry Ford
William and the Pop Singers
(1965)
William and the Masked Ranger
(1966)
William the Superman
(1968)
William the Lawless
(1970)

Other Juvenile
Jimmy
(1949 Newnes) - Lunt Roberts
Jimmy Again
(1951 Newnes) - Lunt Roberts
Jimmy the Third
(1965 Armada) - Lunt Roberts

NOVELS & SHORT STORIES
1923-1925
The Innermost Room
(1923 Melrose)
The Hidden Light
(1924 Hodder & Stoughton)
Anne Morrison
(1925 Jarrolds)
The Wildings
(1925 Hodder & Stoughton)

1926-1928
David Wilding
(1926 Hodder & Stoughton)
Kathleen and I, and of Course, Veronica
(1926 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
The House
(1926 Hodder & Stoughton) (in US as "Dread Dwelling" 1926 Boni & Liveright)
Millicent Dorrington
(1927 Hodder & Stoughton)
Leadon Hill
(1927 Hodder & Stoughton)
Enter - Patricia
(1927 Newnes) - ss
A Montsrous Regiment
(1927 Hutchinson) - ss
The Thorn Bush
(1928 Hodder & Stoughton)
Roofs Off !
(1928 Hodder & Stoughton)
Mist & Other Stories
(1928 Hutchinson)
The Middle Things
(1928 Hutchinson) - ss
Felicity Stands By
(1928 Newnes) - ss

1929-1930
The Four Graces
(1929 Hodder & Stoughton)
Abbot's End
(1929 Hodder & Stoughton)
Sugar and Spice
(1929 Ward Lock) - ss
Ladies First 91929 Hutchinson) - ss
Blue Flames
(1930 Hodder & Stoughton)
Naomi Godstone
(1930 Hodder & Stoughton)

1931-1935
Portrait of a Family
(1931 Macmillan)
The Silver Birch
(1931 Hutchinson) - ss
The Odyssey of Euphemia Tracy
(1932 Macmillan)
Marriage of Hermione
(1932 Macmillan)
The Holiday
(1933 Macmillan)
Chedsy Place
(1934 Macmillan)
The Old Man's Birthday
(1934 Macmillan)
Quartet
(1935 Macmillan)

1936-1940
Caroline
(1936 Macmillan)
The First Morning
(1936 Hutchinson) - ss
There Are Four Seasons
(1937 Macmillan)
Journeying Wave
(1938 Macmillan)
Merlin Bay
(1939 Macmillan)
Steffan Green
(1940 Macmillan)

1941-1950
Narcissa
(1941 Macmillan)
Mrs Frensham Describes a Circle
(1942 Macmillan)
Weatherley Parade
(1943 Macmillan)
Westover
(1946 Hutchinson)
The Ridleys
(1947 Hutchinson)
Family Roundabout
(1948 Hutchinson)
Frost at Morning
(1950 Hutchinson)

After 1952
Linden Rise
(1952 Hutchinson)
The Gypsy's Baby
(1954 Hutchinson)
Four in Exile
(1955 Hutchinson)
Matty and the Dearingroydes
(1956 Hutchinson)
Blind Man's Buff
(1957 Hutchinson)
Wiseman's Folly
(1959 Hutchinson)
The Inheritor
(1960 Hutchinson)

READING
D Adley : William - A Bibliography
(1980)
Mary Cadogan : Richmal Crompton - The Woman Behind William
(1986 Allen & Unwin)
Kay Williams : Just Richmal - The Life and Work of Richmal Crompton Lamburn
(1986 Genesis)
Mary Cadogan : The William Companion
(1990 Macmillan)
Margaret Disher : Growing Up with Just William
(1990 Outlaws Publishing Pb £9.95)
David Schutte : William - The Immortal : An Illustrated Bibliography
(1993 £12.50 David Schutte)
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