Alan Kennington Explained

Alan Kennington
Birth Date:	1906
Birth Place:	United Kingdom
Death Date:	10 November 1986
Death Place:	United Kingdom
Occupation:	Novelist

Alan Kennington (1906–1986) was a British novelist and playwright, particularly known for his thrillers. Two of his novels were adapted into films. The 1939 novel The Night Has Eyes was made into a 1942 film of the same title, while She Died Young (1938) was turned into the 1956 film You Can't Escape.^[1] His 1949 novel Pastures New was a comedy about American students in post-war Britain.

Selected works

• She Died Young (1938)
• The Night Has Eyes (1939)
• Flying Visitor (1946)
• Pastures New (1949)
• Blood Velvet (1954)

Bibliography

• Curthoys, Ann & Lake, Marilyn. Connected Worlds: History in Transnational Perspective. ANU E Press, 2006.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Notes and References

1. Goble p.256