Pamela Jean Branch (née Byatt, 1920–1967) was a British author of four comic murder mystery novels.
Pamela Branch | |
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| Born | Pamela Jean Byatt 1920 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
| Died | 1967 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Known for | The Wooden Overcoat |
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She was born on her parents' tea plantation in Ceylon.[1] She was educated in England, studied art in Paris, and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
She married the solicitor Newton Branch, and they moved together to Cyprus.[2] She divorced Branch in the late 1950s. In 1962, she married James Edward Stuart-Lyon. In 1967, she died from cancer, aged 47.[2]
In 2009, The Wooden Overcoat was made into a one-hour BBC Radio 4 drama, adapted by Mark Gatiss, and starring David Tennant.[3]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- The Wooden Overcoat. Robert Hale: London, 1951
- Lion in the Cellar. Robert Hale: London, 1951
- Murder Every Monday. Robert Hale: London, 1954
- Murder's Little Sister. Robert Hale: London, 1958
Stage Plays
edit- Murder Every Monday (adapted from the novel) by Pamela Branch and Philip Dale. First performed in 1964
References
edit- ^ Fowler, Christopher (2017). The Book of Forgotten Authors. riverrun. pp. 49–51. ISBN 9781786484895.
- ^ a b "gadetection / Branch, Pamela". gadetection.pbworks.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "The Wooden Overcoat, Saturday Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 4 December 2017.