![]() ![]() The result was Odd Shoes, produced in a different style that benefited from proper research. ![]() Watson was young and pretty, and got local coverage, so the publishers asked her for more. The novel was critically well-received and became a radio play. Finishing it in six weeks, she stuck it in a drawer and forgot about it until she spotted an advert from Methuen looking for new writers. Winifred Watson Henrietta Twycross-Martin Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Kindle Edition by Winifred Watson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1,242 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.98 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. She wrote her first book, the Northumbrian historical drama Fell Top, in dull days stuck behind a secretarial desk, after her boss suggested bringing in knitting to keep herself amused. Due to follow her sisters into higher education, she found the way blocked when her father's shoe shops failed in the Depression of 1929. Watson was born in 1906 in Newcastle upon Tyne, and remained there all her life. Books by Winifred Watson A Living Grammar, Starting at 20.30 Good Evening, Mrs. ![]() Winifred Watson's literary career was curtailed by three major events the depression, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Blitz. Before JK Rowling's boy wizard there had been a virtual industry of magic-schoolboy tales, but Harry Potter was the one that clicked. When it comes to literary success, timing is everything. ![]()
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