Dorita Fairlie Bruce
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Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885-1970) was a British children's author, most notably of the Dimsie books published between 1921 and 1941. The Dimsie books are: The Senior Prefect (1921) (title changed in 1925 to Dimsie Goes To School), Dimsie Moves Up (1921), Dimsie Moves Up Again (1922), Dimsie Among the Prefects (1923), Dimsie Grows Up (1924), Dimsie Head Girl (1925), Dimsie Goes Back (1927), Dimsie Intervenes (1937), and Dimsie Carries On (1941). Her books were second in popularity only to Angela Brazil's books during the 1920s and 30s.
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| Dimsie Series (1921-1941)
The Senior Prefect (Dimsie Goes To School, 1925) (1921) • Dimsie Moves Up (1921) • Dimsie Moves Up Again (1922) • Dimsie Among the Prefects (1923) • Dimsie, Head Girl (1925) • Dimsie Intervenes (1936) • Dimsie Grows Up (1924) • Dimsie Goes Back (1927) • Dimsie Carries On (1941) Nancy Series (1923-1944) The Girls of St Brides (1923) • Nancy at St Brides (1933) • That Boarding-School Girl (1925) • The New Girl and Nancy (1926) • Nancy to the Rescue (1937) • The Best Bat in the School (1931) • Nancy in the Sixth (1935) • Nancy Returns to St Brides (1938) • Nancy Calls the Tune (1944) Springdale Series (1928-1939) The New House Captain (1928) • The Best House in the School (1930) • Captain of Springdale (1932) • The New House at Springdale (1934) • Prefects at Springdale (1936) • Captain Anne (1939) Toby Series (1931-1942) The School on the Moor (1931) • The School in the Woods (1940) • Toby at Tibbs Cross (1942) Colmskirk Sequence (1930-1955) The King's Curate (1930) • Mistress Mariner (1932) • A Laverock Lilting (1945) • The Bees on Drumwhinnie (1952) • Wild Goose Quest (1945) • The Serendipity Shop (1947) • Triffeny (1950) • The Debatable Mound (1953) • The Bartle Bequest (1955) Sally Series (1956-1961) Sally Scatterbrain (1956) • Sally Again (1959) • Sally's Summer Term (1961) |
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| NAME | Bruce, Dorita Fairlie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bruce, Dorothy Morris Fairlie |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Children's writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20 May 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palos, Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | 21 September 1970 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Upper Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
