Audrey Brettle Explained

Audrey Brettle
Birth Name:Alexandra Audrey Kinnon
Birth Date:10 February 1937
Birth Place:Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England
Death Place:Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Pseudonym:Amy Thomas

Alexandra Audrey Brettle (1937–2003), was a Black Country author of Scottish descent.

Biography

Educated at Halesowen Grammar School, she became a Salvation Army officer;[1] before working for North Warwickshire Borough Council until her retirement.

In retirement, she began to write actively, and was a founder of the North Warwickshire Writers Group. After her death in 2003, her ashes were interred in Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground. A collection of her writings was published posthumously, under the title The Clydebank Whistle.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Salvationist . 6 December 2003. Tributes . 16509876 . 18 . London . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928015818/http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/0/5CC8FDD6B1A3F2C38025768D0043D5F5/%24file/Salvationist%206%20Dec%202003.pdf . 28 September 2011.
  2. Book: Librarything.com page on The Clydebank Whistle. 6 July 2010.