Pamela Branch Explained

Pamela Branch
Birth Name:Pamela Jean Byatt
Birth Date:1920
Birth Place:Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Death Date:1967
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation:novelist
Known For:The Wooden Overcoat
Spouse:
  • Newton Branch
  • James Edward Stuart-Lyon

Pamela Jean Branch (née Byatt, 1920–1967) was a British author of four comic murder mystery novels.

She was born on her parents' tea plantation in Ceylon.[1] She was educated in England, studied art in Paris, and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

She married the solicitor Newton Branch, and they moved together to Cyprus.[2] She divorced Branch in the late 1950s. In 1962, she married James Edward Stuart-Lyon. In 1967, she died from cancer, aged 47.[2]

In 2009, The Wooden Overcoat was made into a one-hour BBC Radio 4 drama, adapted by Mark Gatiss, and starring David Tennant.[3]

Bibliography

Novels

Stage Plays

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fowler. Christopher. The Book of Forgotten Authors . 2017 . riverrun . 9781786484895. 49–51.
  2. Web site: gadetection / Branch, Pamela. gadetection.pbworks.com. 4 December 2017.
  3. Web site: The Wooden Overcoat, Saturday Drama - BBC Radio 4. BBC. 4 December 2017.