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Hazel Adair (novelist)

January 01, 1970

Hazel Iris Addis, née Wilson (30 May 1900 – 1 October 1990), was a British writer of over 20 novels from 1935 to 1953, under the pseudonyms Hazel Adair[1][2] and A. J. Heritage.[3] Under her real name, H. I. Addis, she also published works relating to Cub Scouts.

Hazel Iris Wilson Addis
BornHazel Iris Wilson
(1900-05-30)30 May 1900
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died1 October 1990(1990-10-01) (aged 90)
Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Pen nameHazel Adair,
H. I. Addis,
A. J. Heritage
LanguageEnglish language
SpouseEric Elrington Addis (Peter Drax)

Biography edit

Hazel Iris Wilson was born on 30 May 1900 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, daughter of Annie Margaret and Cecil Wilson.[4] She married the writer Eric Elrington Addis (alias Peter Drax) in 1926.[4][5] From 1926 to 1929, she lived in New Zealand, while her husband was based there with the Royal Navy.[6] On their return to England, they lived in Oxshott, Surrey.[1][2][6] Adair returned to New Zealand with her two children in 1940,[6] and remained there until after World War II ended.[7] Her husband was killed in after a bombing raid in Alexandria, Egypt in August 1941.[8]

Adair wrote over twenty novels, mostly under the pseudonym Hazel Adair. A review of her first book, published in 1935, said that she was "plucky .. set[ting] out to make a novel from a happy marriage!"[9] The reviewer commented that the book was "brightly written and ends happily, yet it has its graver side ... [and] an amusing sub-plot."[9] One reviewer of her second novel felt that the craftsmanship was better than in the first, but that the theme (of an unconventional woman shocking a respectable village) was over-used.[10] Another reviewer said, "Miss Adair adds a new tang and a new honesty to the situation",[11] but felt that there was some "antiquated machinery in the actual plot".[11] A Times Literary Supplement reviewer wrote of The Heritage (1939) that it presented "a splendid tangle of events that all resolve themselves most satisfactorily",[12] but commented that "One's credulity is perhaps a little strained at being asked to believe that devout Catholics should place such implicit faith in the theory of reincarnation, but otherwise the story is excellent of its kind."[12]

She was also active in the Boy Scouts Association.[7] She was a member of the training staff at Gilwell Park, England, for several years before WWII, and was awarded the Boy Scouts Association Medal of Merit for the work she did in New Zealand during WWII.[7] During the 1950s and 1960s, she was Headquarters Assistant Commissioner for Wolf Cubs,[13] and at the 9th World Scout Jamboree, 1957, she was the women's Indaba chief.[14] In 1955, she received the Silver Wolf Award in recognition of services of "most exceptional character" over 26 years.[15] She wrote several works for Cub Scouts, including a book of play scripts.

She died on 1 October 1990 in Stowmarket.[16] She had two children, Valerie and Jeremy;[6] Jeremy founded the magazine Books Ireland in 1976.[17]

Bibliography edit

As Hazel Adair edit

  • Wanted, A Son (1935)[9][10]
  • Mistress Mary (1936)[1][10][11]
  • A Torch is Lit (1936)[1][18][19]
  • All the Trumpets (1937)
  • Red Bunting (1937)[2][20]
  • Over the Stile (1938)
  • Sparrow Market (1938)[21]
  • Bendix and Son (1939)[22][23][24][25]
  • The Heritage (1939)[26][12]
  • Cockadays (1940)[27]
  • Mahogany and Deal (1940)[28]
  • The Lady of Garth House (1941)[29]
  • John Manifold (1942)[30]
  • Escape to Peril (1944)
  • The Enamelled Bird-Cage (1945)
  • Quoth the Raven (1947)[31]
  • Mistress of One (1948)
  • Challenge to Seven (1949)[3]
  • The Gentle Vagabond (1950)[32][33]
  • We Only Wanted Peter (1952)
  • No Bells Rang (1953)

As H. I. Addis edit

  • New Plays for Wolf Cubs (1935) (with V. V. Vanston)
  • Crime Within Crime (1937)
  • Duty to God in the Wolf Cub Pack (1951)[34]
  • Training Yarns for Akela (1963)
  • Programme Planning in the Cub Scout pack (1975)[35]

As A. J. Heritage edit

References and sources edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Part 1, Books, Group 1". Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series. Copyright Office, Library of Congress: 1721, 1961. 1936. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Part 1. [A] Group 1. Books". Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series. Copyright Office, Library of Congress: 161. 1938. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Carty, T.J. (2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781135955786. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Fashionable and Personal". Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser. 29 January 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Novelist Killed In Action". Gloucestershire Echo. 12 September 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d "ARRIVAL FROM ENGLAND Naval Officer's Wife". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXVII, no. 23817. 19 November 1940. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Medal Awarded. Work Among Scouts". New Zealand Herald. No. 25204. 17 May 1945. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Bear Alley: The Case of Two Hazel Adairs". 24 November 2015.
  9. ^ a b c Wallace, Doreen (22 September 1935). "A Group of First Novels". The Sunday Times. No. 5867. p. 7.
  10. ^ a b c "Light Reading". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England. 9 September 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  11. ^ a b c "Trouble in a Village". The Daily Telegraph. No. 25221. London, England. 27 March 1936. p. 22.
  12. ^ a b c Royde-Smith, Erica J. (16 September 1939). "A Modern Juliet". The Times Literary Supplement. No. 1963. London, England. p. 541.
  13. ^ "300 Scouters at Birmingham 'Gather Round'". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, England. 24 February 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Four-hour Tour of Jamboree by Prime Minister". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Coventry, England. 10 August 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Scout award for woman. Exceptional Services". Bury Free Press. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. 29 April 1955. p. 7. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Notices under the Trustee Act 1925, s. 27" (PDF). The London Gazette. Her Majesty's Stationery Office: 3049. 25 February 1991. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  17. ^ Kiely, Kevin. "Jeremy Addis Obituary". Poetry Ireland Éigse Éireann. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  18. ^ Cockburn, W. E. (4 November 1936). "An Epidemic of Witches. A Mixed Collection of Books". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool, England. p. 13. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  19. ^ "In Many Corners of the Changing World". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 30 September 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  20. ^ "The "Irish Problem". New Novels". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England. 20 January 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  21. ^ Buckley, T. J. (26 May 1938). "More Vivid Pictures of the Underworld". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool, England. p. 13. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  22. ^ "In A Nutshell". Manchester Evening News. Manchester, England. 15 April 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  23. ^ "Pages in Waiting". Nottingham Journal. Nottingham, England. 20 June 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  24. ^ "In Brief - But Good". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. Sheffield, England. 13 April 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  25. ^ "The Modern Way of Living". Aberdeen Journal. No. 26327. Aberdeen, Scotland. 18 May 1939. p. 3.
  26. ^ Swinnerton, Frank (3 September 1939). "New Novels. Strange Doings Everywhere". The Observer. London, England. p. 5.
  27. ^ "Regional Control". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 December 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  28. ^ "For Readers of Fiction". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England. 15 July 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  29. ^ Royde-Smith, Erica J. (18 October 1941). "Fiction in Brief. Character and Plot". The Times Literary Supplement. No. 2072. London, England. p. 521.
  30. ^ Cockburn, W. E. (19 May 1942). "Portrait Of A Saint .. Some Thrillers And Romances". Liverpool Echo. p. 3. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  31. ^ Edmondson, Arnold (27 February 1947). "Free Library Clients. Sea And Sentiment". Liverpool Echo. p. 2. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  32. ^ Edmondson, Arnold (25 September 1950). "Mainly New Novels. One That Will Test Credulity". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool, England. p. 4. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  33. ^ "A look at the new books". Belfast Telegraph. 13 September 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  34. ^ The British National Bibliography. The British Museum, London, England: THE COUNCIL OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, LTD. 1952. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  35. ^ British Library (2012). The British Library General Subject Catalogue 1975-1985. Part 1: A - Airports (reprint ed.). Walter de Gruyter. p. 136. ISBN 9783111725949. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  36. ^ C. T. B. (24 February 1938). "To-day's Book Review". Western Daily Press. Bristol, England. p. 6. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  37. ^ "For Your Bookshelf". Nottingham Journal. Nottingham, England. 14 February 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  38. ^ "New Books. Tearing the Veil from Circus Life". Lancashire Evening Post. 15 February 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  39. ^ C. H. (20 January 1938). "New Novels". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England. p. 8. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  40. ^ "Here's A New Wodehouse Gang". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 15 February 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

External links edit

  • HOME by Hazel Addis (nee Wilson) (memoir of her early life)

January 01, 1970
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Hazel Iris Addis nee Wilson 30 May 1900 1 October 1990 was a British writer of over 20 novels from 1935 to 1953 under the pseudonyms Hazel Adair 1 2 and A J Heritage 3 Under her real name H I Addis she also published works relating to Cub Scouts Hazel Iris Wilson AddisBornHazel Iris Wilson 1900 05 30 30 May 1900Norwich Norfolk EnglandDied1 October 1990 1990 10 01 aged 90 Stowmarket Suffolk EnglandPen nameHazel Adair H I Addis A J HeritageLanguageEnglish languageSpouseEric Elrington Addis Peter Drax Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2 1 As Hazel Adair 2 2 As H I Addis 2 3 As A J Heritage 3 References and sources 4 External linksBiography editHazel Iris Wilson was born on 30 May 1900 in Norwich Norfolk England daughter of Annie Margaret and Cecil Wilson 4 She married the writer Eric Elrington Addis alias Peter Drax in 1926 4 5 From 1926 to 1929 she lived in New Zealand while her husband was based there with the Royal Navy 6 On their return to England they lived in Oxshott Surrey 1 2 6 Adair returned to New Zealand with her two children in 1940 6 and remained there until after World War II ended 7 Her husband was killed in after a bombing raid in Alexandria Egypt in August 1941 8 Adair wrote over twenty novels mostly under the pseudonym Hazel Adair A review of her first book published in 1935 said that she was plucky set ting out to make a novel from a happy marriage 9 The reviewer commented that the book was brightly written and ends happily yet it has its graver side and an amusing sub plot 9 One reviewer of her second novel felt that the craftsmanship was better than in the first but that the theme of an unconventional woman shocking a respectable village was over used 10 Another reviewer said Miss Adair adds a new tang and a new honesty to the situation 11 but felt that there was some antiquated machinery in the actual plot 11 A Times Literary Supplement reviewer wrote of The Heritage 1939 that it presented a splendid tangle of events that all resolve themselves most satisfactorily 12 but commented that One s credulity is perhaps a little strained at being asked to believe that devout Catholics should place such implicit faith in the theory of reincarnation but otherwise the story is excellent of its kind 12 She was also active in the Boy Scouts Association 7 She was a member of the training staff at Gilwell Park England for several years before WWII and was awarded the Boy Scouts Association Medal of Merit for the work she did in New Zealand during WWII 7 During the 1950s and 1960s she was Headquarters Assistant Commissioner for Wolf Cubs 13 and at the 9th World Scout Jamboree 1957 she was the women s Indaba chief 14 In 1955 she received the Silver Wolf Award in recognition of services of most exceptional character over 26 years 15 She wrote several works for Cub Scouts including a book of play scripts She died on 1 October 1990 in Stowmarket 16 She had two children Valerie and Jeremy 6 Jeremy founded the magazine Books Ireland in 1976 17 Bibliography editAs Hazel Adair edit Wanted A Son 1935 9 10 Mistress Mary 1936 1 10 11 A Torch is Lit 1936 1 18 19 All the Trumpets 1937 Red Bunting 1937 2 20 Over the Stile 1938 Sparrow Market 1938 21 Bendix and Son 1939 22 23 24 25 The Heritage 1939 26 12 Cockadays 1940 27 Mahogany and Deal 1940 28 The Lady of Garth House 1941 29 John Manifold 1942 30 Escape to Peril 1944 The Enamelled Bird Cage 1945 Quoth the Raven 1947 31 Mistress of One 1948 Challenge to Seven 1949 3 The Gentle Vagabond 1950 32 33 We Only Wanted Peter 1952 No Bells Rang 1953 As H I Addis edit New Plays for Wolf Cubs 1935 with V V Vanston Crime Within Crime 1937 Duty to God in the Wolf Cub Pack 1951 34 Training Yarns for Akela 1963 Programme Planning in the Cub Scout pack 1975 35 As A J Heritage edit The Happy Years 1938 3 36 37 38 39 40 References and sources edit a b c d Part 1 Books Group 1 Catalog of Copyright Entries New Series Copyright Office Library of Congress 1721 1961 1936 Retrieved 15 July 2019 a b c Part 1 A Group 1 Books Catalog of Copyright Entries New Series Copyright Office Library of Congress 161 1938 Retrieved 15 July 2019 a b c Carty T J 2015 A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language 2nd ed Routledge ISBN 9781135955786 Retrieved 15 July 2019 a b Fashionable and Personal Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser 29 January 1926 p 6 Retrieved 15 July 2019 Novelist Killed In Action Gloucestershire Echo 12 September 1941 p 3 Retrieved 14 July 2019 a b c d ARRIVAL FROM ENGLAND Naval Officer s Wife New Zealand Herald Vol LXXVII no 23817 19 November 1940 Retrieved 15 July 2019 a b c Medal Awarded Work Among Scouts New Zealand Herald No 25204 17 May 1945 Retrieved 15 July 2019 Bear Alley The Case of Two Hazel Adairs 24 November 2015 a b c Wallace Doreen 22 September 1935 A Group of First Novels The Sunday Times No 5867 p 7 a b c Light Reading Birmingham Daily Gazette Birmingham England 9 September 1936 p 8 Retrieved 14 July 2019 a b c Trouble in a Village The Daily Telegraph No 25221 London England 27 March 1936 p 22 a b c Royde Smith Erica J 16 September 1939 A Modern Juliet The Times Literary Supplement No 1963 London England p 541 300 Scouters at Birmingham Gather Round Birmingham Daily Post Birmingham England 24 February 1958 p 15 Retrieved 15 July 2019 Four hour Tour of Jamboree by Prime Minister Coventry Evening Telegraph Coventry England 10 August 1957 p 1 Retrieved 15 July 2019 Scout award for woman Exceptional Services Bury Free Press Bury St Edmunds Suffolk England 29 April 1955 p 7 Retrieved 16 July 2019 Notices under the Trustee Act 1925 s 27 PDF The London Gazette Her Majesty s Stationery Office 3049 25 February 1991 Retrieved 15 July 2019 Kiely Kevin Jeremy Addis Obituary Poetry Ireland Eigse Eireann Retrieved 15 July 2019 Cockburn W E 4 November 1936 An Epidemic of Witches A Mixed Collection of Books Liverpool Echo Liverpool England p 13 Retrieved 14 July 2019 In Many Corners of the Changing World Aberdeen Press and Journal Aberdeen Scotland 30 September 1936 p 3 Retrieved 14 July 2019 The Irish Problem New Novels Birmingham Daily Gazette Birmingham England 20 January 1937 p 8 Retrieved 14 July 2019 Buckley T J 26 May 1938 More Vivid Pictures of the Underworld Liverpool Echo Liverpool England p 13 Retrieved 14 July 2019 In A Nutshell Manchester Evening News Manchester England 15 April 1939 p 8 Retrieved 14 July 2019 Pages in Waiting Nottingham Journal Nottingham England 20 June 1939 p 4 Retrieved 14 July 2019 In Brief But Good Sheffield Daily Telegraph Sheffield England 13 April 1939 p 5 Retrieved 14 July 2019 The Modern Way of Living Aberdeen Journal No 26327 Aberdeen Scotland 18 May 1939 p 3 Swinnerton Frank 3 September 1939 New Novels Strange Doings Everywhere The Observer London England p 5 Regional Control Liverpool Daily Post 17 December 1940 p 2 Retrieved 16 July 2019 For Readers of Fiction Birmingham Daily Gazette Birmingham England 15 July 1940 p 4 Retrieved 14 July 2019 Royde Smith Erica J 18 October 1941 Fiction in Brief Character and Plot The Times Literary Supplement No 2072 London England p 521 Cockburn W E 19 May 1942 Portrait Of A Saint Some Thrillers And Romances Liverpool Echo p 3 Retrieved 16 July 2019 Edmondson Arnold 27 February 1947 Free Library Clients Sea And Sentiment Liverpool Echo p 2 Retrieved 16 July 2019 Edmondson Arnold 25 September 1950 Mainly New Novels One That Will Test Credulity Liverpool Echo Liverpool England p 4 Retrieved 16 July 2019 A look at the new books Belfast Telegraph 13 September 1950 p 3 Retrieved 16 July 2019 The British National Bibliography The British Museum London England THE COUNCIL OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY LTD 1952 Retrieved 15 July 2019 British Library 2012 The British Library General Subject Catalogue 1975 1985 Part 1 A Airports reprint ed Walter de Gruyter p 136 ISBN 9783111725949 Retrieved 15 July 2019 C T B 24 February 1938 To day s Book Review Western Daily Press Bristol England p 6 Retrieved 15 July 2019 For Your Bookshelf Nottingham Journal Nottingham England 14 February 1938 p 3 Retrieved 15 July 2019 New Books Tearing the Veil from Circus Life Lancashire Evening Post 15 February 1938 p 4 Retrieved 15 July 2019 C H 20 January 1938 New Novels Birmingham Daily Gazette Birmingham England p 8 Retrieved 15 July 2019 Here s A New Wodehouse Gang Aberdeen Press and Journal Aberdeen Scotland 15 February 1938 p 3 Retrieved 15 July 2019 External links editHOME by Hazel Addis nee Wilson memoir of her early life Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Books nbsp England nbsp Scouting Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hazel Adair novelist amp oldid 1146972789, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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