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Norman George Denny (Pseudonym: Norman Dale)
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Norman George Denny was an English writer, translator, and a literary advisory to a
prominent English publishing house. Little is known about his life. He was born in Kent,
England in 1901, later lived for two years in Mexico City where his father was a
mining engineer, and thereafter returned to live in England until his death.
A dustjacket for one his juvenile books of the early 1950s carried a statement
by Denny that he lived with his wife, 2 sons & a daughter on a farm in Surrey,
England. Richard A. Hutchings, however, stated Denny "was married to my aunt, and lived in
Devon, England, at least from 1950 until my aunt's death in 1973. He then lived
in Hove, Sussex until his own death."
The bulk of Denny’s literary work were some 50 translations. Most were from French,
but he also translated several German books.
Denny’s own writings were first published in 1936 when Argosy (UK) magazine carried 2 of his short stories, The Lost Garden & The Perfect Conspiracy. The following year, The Storyteller published a third short story called Profit…No Loss. All three were published under his first pseudonym, Bruce Norman.
His first novel appeared in 1938 under his own name, but in 1943 he began writing juvenile fiction as Norman Dale, a pseudonym also used by E(dwin) C(harles) Tubb, one of the most popular and prolific British writers of science fiction. Like several other authors of literature for children and juveniles, he too began by writing down the stories he had been telling his eldest son.
Denny also compiled a selection of writings and art work from the famous British quarterly "THE YELLOW BOOK" which remained in print for several decades. THE YELLOW BOOK: A SELECTION was first published in 1949 by Bodley Head (London), but also issued by Viking (New York) the following year. Spring Books (London) reissued the title about 1970.
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NORMAN GEORGE DENNY - Novels
NORMAN DALE - Juvenile Fiction
- Secret Service! John Lane the Bodley Head: London, (1943) George Allen & Unwin: London, (1953) New reset edition.
- Dangerous Treasure. John Lane the Bodley Head: London, (1944)
- The Best Adventure. John Lane the Bodley Head: London, (1945) Hamish Hamilton: London, (1961) Revised edition. The Exciting Journey. John Lane the Bodley Head: London, (1947) George Allen & Unwin: London, (1954) New edition.
- Mystery Christmas. John Lane the Bodley Head: London, (1948)
- Skeleton Island. John Lane the Bodley Head: London, (1949)
- The Valley of the Snake. John Lane the Bodley Head: London, (1953)
- The Secret Motorcar. John Lane the Bodley Head: London, (1954) Illustrated by Shirley Hughes. Harper and Brothers: New York, (1954), (1957). Illustrated Edward Shenton. E. M. Hale: Eau Claire, WI, (1962). Illustrated Edward Shenton.
- The Casket and the Sword. The Bodley Head, Ltd.: London, (1955). Illustrated by Biro. James Barrie: London, (1956). Illustrated by Biro. Harper and Bros.: New York, (1956). Cadmus edition. Illustrated by Irv Docktor. Eau Claire, WI: E.M. Hale, WI., (1961). Cadmus edition. Illustrations by Irv Docktor
- The Clock that Struck Fifteen. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1956).
- Johnnie-by-the-River. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1957). Hamish Hamilton: London, (1959) (School Edition).
- The Medenham Carnival. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1957).
- The House Where Nobody Lived. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1958). Hamish Hamilton: London, 1960 (School Edition).
- All Change for Medenham. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1959).
- The Pied Piper of Medenham. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1959).
- The Game that Really Happened. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1959).
- Look at Farms. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1960). Hamish Hamilton: London, (1963) (Reissue).
- The Six Stone Faces. A.S. Barnes & Company: New York, (1960)
- A Medenham Secret. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1962).
- The House in Cobble Lane. Hamish Hamilton: London, (1964). Children's Book Club: London, (1964) (Reprint).
Content provided by: Henry F. Hain III.
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