Author, Television Screenwriter, Journalist. A writer of both adult and children-themed books, she will be remembered for the bestselling works "The L-Shaped Room" (1960) and "The Indian in the Cupboard" (1980). Born into a Jewish family, her father was a physician, her mother was an actress, she fled England to Canada during World War II in 1940. Following the war, she returned with her family to England and with aspirations of becoming an actress, she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. During the 1950s, she became a television journalist on British TV and interviewed numerous famous personalities of which include Charles Chaplin, Agatha Christie and Louis Armstrong. Additionally during this period, she began writing stories for the television series "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" and "Armchair Theatre." Her book "The L-Shaped Room" was made into a 1962 motion picture adaptation, and her work "The Indian in the Cupboard" became a film version in 1980. Her books "Letters to My Israeli Sons: The Story of Jewish Survival" (1979) and "Tom Country: An Oral History of the Israeli War of Independence" (1982) depicted her years of living in a Kibbutz with her husband.
Author, Television Screenwriter, Journalist. A writer of both adult and children-themed books, she will be remembered for the bestselling works "The L-Shaped Room" (1960) and "The Indian in the Cupboard" (1980). Born into a Jewish family, her father was a physician, her mother was an actress, she fled England to Canada during World War II in 1940. Following the war, she returned with her family to England and with aspirations of becoming an actress, she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. During the 1950s, she became a television journalist on British TV and interviewed numerous famous personalities of which include Charles Chaplin, Agatha Christie and Louis Armstrong. Additionally during this period, she began writing stories for the television series "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" and "Armchair Theatre." Her book "The L-Shaped Room" was made into a 1962 motion picture adaptation, and her work "The Indian in the Cupboard" became a film version in 1980. Her books "Letters to My Israeli Sons: The Story of Jewish Survival" (1979) and "Tom Country: An Oral History of the Israeli War of Independence" (1982) depicted her years of living in a Kibbutz with her husband.
Bio by: C.S.
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