Dorothy Vicary Explained

Sybil Dorothy Vicary (née Mudge) was an English novelist. She was best known for her school adventure story novels aimed at 14- to 15-year-old girls, including Lucy Brown's School Days and Niece of the Headmistress.^{[1] [2] [3]} Vicary lived in Belfast in the 1930s and moved to Golders Green in London in the 1950s, where she wrote A Secret at Sprayle in 1955 under the name Dorothy Mary Rice.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: The Librarian and Book World. 10 August 2012. 1956. 155.
2. Book: Leader, Zachary. The Movement Reconsidered: Essays on Larkin, Amis, Gunn, Davie and Their Contemporaries. 10 August 2012. 1 July 2009. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-955825-4. 86.
3. News: The spinster within. Hart, Christopher. The Daily Telegraph. 12 May 2002. 10 August 2012.
4. Book: Auchmuty. Rosemary. Wotton. Joy. The Encyclopaedia of School Stories: The encyclopaedia of girls' school stories. 10 August 2012. 2000. Ashgate. 286. 978-0-7546-0082-4 .
5. Book: Contemporary Authors. 10 August 2012. 1974. Gale Research Company. 978-0-8103-0002-6 .