Vaughan Wilkins

William Vaughan Wilkins (March 6, 1890 – February, 1959) was a Welsh historical novelist and journalist.

Biography

Vaughan Wilkins was born in London. He married Mary Isabel Stanistreet and had two children. He spent some time working as a journalist for the Daily Express. Wilkins was noted for his novel And So-Victoria about Queen Victoria.^[1] Wilkins also wrote two "lost world" fantasy novels inspired by Celtic mythology, The City of Frozen Fire (1950) and Valley Beyond Time (1955). ^[2]

Bibliography

• Fanfare for a witch (1954)
• And so—Victoria (1937)
• Seven Tempest
• Being met together (1944)
• Once upon a time: an adventure (1949)
• The city of frozen fire
• Crown without sceptre
• A King reluctant
• Valley beyond time
• Husband for Victoria
• Lady of Paris

History

• Endless prelude: an historical anthology
• Sidelights on industrial evolution

For children

• After Bath or (if you prefer) The Remarkable Case of the Flying Hat

References

• IMDb. Biography for Vaughan Wilkins. (online). Available from: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929321/bio. [Accessed 28 July 2007].
• LibraryThing Beta Author: Vaughan Wilkins Available from: http://www.librarything.com/author/wilkinsvaughan. [Accessed 30 July 2007].

External links

• The National Portrait Gallery has eight images of Vaughan Wilkins none of which are available as a web image. Details of these can be seen at: http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp57978. [Accessed 30 July 2007].