Fay Weldon (1931–2023)
Author of The Life and Loves of a She Devil
About the Author
Fay Weldon was born in Worcester, England on September 22, 1931. She read economics and psychology at the University of St. Andrews. She worked as a propaganda writer for the British Foreign Office and then as an advertising copywriter for various firms in London before making writing a full-time show more career. Her work includes over twenty novels, five collections of short stories, several children's books, non-fiction books, and a number of plays written for television, radio and the stage. Her collections of short stories include Mischief and Nothing to Wear and Nowhere to Hide. She wrote a memoir entitled Auto Da Fay and non-fiction book entitled What Makes Women Happy. She wrote the pilot episode for the television series Upstairs Downstairs. Her first novel, The Fat Woman's Joke, was published in 1967. Her other novels include Praxis, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Puffball, Rhode Island Blues, Mantrapped, She May Not Leave, The Spa Decameron, Habits of the House, Long Live the King, and The New Countess. Wicked Women won the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award. She was awarded a CBE in 2001. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Fay Weldon
The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians (The Pocket Canons Bible) (1998) 40 copies, 1 review
A Good Sound Marriage [short story] 5 copies
Madame Bovary: Breakfast With Emma 2 copies
Weekend 2 copies
Upstairs, Downstairs: Second Season - Volume II [TV series, 1972] — Writer — 1 copy
Mixed Doubles (AYCKBOURN) 1 copy
Die Teufelin 1 copy
The Collected Novels Volume One: The Life and Loves of a She Devil, The Hearts and Lives of Men, and Praxis (2018) 1 copy
HLe Iamiche del cuore 1 copy
Οι κυρίες φορούν BVLGARI 1 copy
Polaris: And Other Stories 1 copy
Upstairs Downstairs: First Season - Volume I [TV series, 1971] — Writer — 1 copy
Associated Works
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Contributor — 384 copies, 18 reviews
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (1998) — Contributor — 303 copies, 4 reviews
Bram Stoker's Dracula Omnibus: Dracula/the Lair of the White Worm/Dracula's Guest (1992) — Introduction — 94 copies, 1 review
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century, Volume 1 (1987) — Contributor — 81 copies, 3 reviews
Literary Traveller: An Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction (1994) — Contributor — 54 copies, 1 review
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contributor — 47 copies
Make Mine a Double: Why Women Like Us Like to Drink (Or Not) (2011) — Contributor — 24 copies, 12 reviews
The Cloning Of Joanna May [1992 TV mini series] — Original book — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Birkinshaw, Franklin
- Other names
- Birkinshaw, Franklin (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1931-09-22
- Date of death
- 2023-01-04
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Northampton, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Auckland, New Zealand
London, England, UK
Dorset, England, UK
Coromandel, New Zealand - Education
- University of St Andrews (MA|1952)
- Occupations
- advertising copywriter
novelist
short story writer
essayist
university professor
playwright - Relationships
- Jepson, Margaret (mother)
Jepson, Edgar (grandfather) - Organizations
- Brunel University
The Savoy Hotel, London
Ogilvy, Benson & Mather
Crawford's Advertising Agency
British Foreign Office
Bath Spa University - Awards and honors
- Commander, Order of the British Empire (2001)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1986) - Short biography
- Fay Weldon's body of work includes more than 20 novels, five collections of short stories, several children's books, non-fiction books, magazine articles and a number of plays written for television, radio and the stage (including the pilot episode of the hit TV series Upstairs Downstairs). Her fiction, much of which is satiric in tone, often focuses on women and gives voice to their inner thoughts and feelings. She married Roy Weldon in 1962 (they later divorced) and the couple had three sons in addition to Fay's older child. After a successful career in advertising, she began writing fiction and published her first novel in 1967.
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Statistics
- Works
- 102
- Also by
- 39
- Members
- 8,619
- Popularity
- #2,790
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 165
- ISBNs
- 1,029
- Languages
- 19
- Favorited
- 20