Meta Mayne Reid Explained

Meta Mayne Reid
Birth Date:	1905
Birth Place:	Yorkshire
Death Date:	1991
Death Place:	County Down
Nationality:	British

Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991) was a Northern Irish children's writer.

Early life and education

Meta Mayne Reid was born to Marcus and Elvina Hopkins in Woodlesford, Yorkshire in 1905 and grew up there although her family was from Ulster in Ireland. She had one sister, Audrey. She was educated at home through governesses before going to Leeds Girls' High School. Mayne Reid went on to attend Manchester University. Later she moved to Crawfordsburn in County Down when her parents returned to the north of Ireland and there she was married to Dr E. Mayne Reid.

Work

It was in Ulster that she set most of her novels, both historical fiction and modern settings with a fantasy side. She wrote more than twenty children's novels as well as two novels for adults and one collection of poetry. Reid was involved with the Belfast chapter of PEN as both secretary and, from 1970 to 1972, president.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Bibliography

Novels

• The Land Is Dear, 1936
• Far-Off Fields Are Green, 1937

Children's books

• Phelim and the Creatures, 1952
• Carrigmore Castle, 1954
• All Because of Dawks, 1955
• Dawks Does It Again, 1956
• The Cuckoo at Coolnean, 1956
• Tiffany and the Swallow Rhyme, 1956
• Dawks on Robbers' Mountain, 1957
• Dawks and the Duchess, 1958
• Strangers in Carrigmore, 1958
• The McNeills at Rathcapple, 1959
• Storm on Kildoney, 1961
• Sandy and the Hollow Book, 1961
• The Tobermillin Oracle, 1962
• With Angus in the Forest, 1963
• The Tinkers' Summer, 1965
• The Silver Fighting Cocks, 1966
• The House at Spaniard's Bay, 1967
• The Glen Beyond the Door, 1968
• The Two Rebels, 1969
• Beyond the Wide World's End, 1972
• The Plotters of Pollnashee, 1973
• Snowbound by the Whitewater, 1975
• The Noguls and the Horse, 1976
• A Dog Called Scampi, 1980

Poetry

• No Ivory Tower, 1974

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meta Mayne Reid . Ricorso . 2019-09-16.
2. Web site: Mayne Reid, Meta – Jane Badger Books . Jane Badger Books – The Encyclopaedia of Equine Literature . 2019-09-16.
3. Book: Hutton . C. . Walsh . P. . The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume V: The Irish Book in English, 1891-2000 . OUP Oxford . History of the Irish Book . 2011 . 978-0-19-924911-4 . 2019-09-16 . 381.
4. Book: Writers Directory . Palgrave Macmillan UK . 2016 . 978-1-349-03650-9 . 2019-09-16 . 1–PA23.
5. Book: Hunt . P. . Ray . S.G.B. . Routledge . International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature . Routledge . 1996 . 978-0-415-08856-5 . registration . 2019-09-16 . 688.
6. Book: Twentieth-century Children's Writers . Macmillan International Higher Education . 1978 . 978-1-349-03648-6 . 2019-09-16 . 1044.
7. Web site: Meta Mayne Reid – Woodlesford . Woodlesford – The Story of a Station . 2019-09-16.
8. 20534217 . The Innocent Eye: Meta Mayne Reid, 1905-1990 . Baker . Ruth . The Linen Hall Review . 1991 . 8 . 4 . 17–19 .