Lorna Lewis (writer) explained

Lorna Concanen Lewis (1900 - 1962) was a British writer who published a number of popular children's books during the middle part of the 20th century. Among these, the best known is perhaps Leonardo the Inventor, which was included in the New Windmill Series of children's books under the Heinemann imprint.

Lewis graduated with a degree in philosophy from University College, London in 1924.^[1] She worked in a variety of roles, including on Time and Tide magazine in the 1930s^[2] as book reviewer and organiser, and was a good friend of EM Delafield.^[3]

Selected works

• The Little French Poodle (1934)
• The Children's Holiday Book of Verse (1935) (editor)
• Jubilee and Her Mother (1936)
• Zoo Roundabout (1937)
• The Children's Zoo (1939)
• Holiday Luck (1939)
• Nine Dogs (1940)
• Feud in the Factory (1944)
• Marriotts Go North (1949)
• June Grey: Fashion Student (1953)
• Hotel Doorway (1953)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bachelor of Arts: Honours and Higher Degrees: Internal Students | British History Online. www.british-history.ac.uk.
2. Web site: 'The Weekly Crowd. By Chimaera': Collective Identities and Radical Culture, Chapter 2 in 'Time and Tide: The Feminist and Cultural Politics of a Modern Magazine'. Edinburgh University Press. Catherine. Clay. 2018. 74. 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474418188.003.0003 .
3. Web site: The Dinner Puzzle: A Very Special Evening for Time and Tide and Lady Rhondda's network. Eleanor. Reed. 13 August 2020. Time And Tide.