Phyllis Chase Explained

Phyllis Chase, married name Phyllis Samuel (c.1897 – c.1977), was an English illustrator.

Career

A schoolfriend of Enid Blyton at St. Christopher's School in Beckenham, Chase and Blyton reunited several years after leaving school at a garden party in 1920 and began collaborating.[1] She is best known for being the illustrator of Blyton initial books such as Child Whispers (1922) and Real Fairies: Poems,[2] but illustrated many of Blyton's short stories which appeared in newspapers and magazines (such as those of publisher Cassell[3]) throughout the 1920s.[4] Chase also illustrated Blyton's Pinkity's Pranks and Other Nature Fairy Tales with A. E. Jackson and The Nursery Book (1927), among many others.[5] She later married Felix Samuel in Sussex, who died in 1967. In 1975 Chase was interviewed on BBC Radio.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stoney, Barbara. Enid Blyton: The Biography. 2006. Tempus. 978-0-7524-4030-9. 40.
  2. Book: Cullinan. Bernice E.. Person. Diane Goetz. The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. 2005. Continuum. 978-0-8264-1778-7. 91.
  3. Book: Hettinga. Donald R.. Schmidt. Gary D.. British children's writers, 1914-1960. 1996. Gale Research. 63.
  4. Book: Viera, Alice. O Mundo de Enid Blyton. 15 March 2013. Leya. Portuguese. 972-47-4627-5. 12–.
  5. Book: Cooper. John. Cooper. Jonathan. Children's fiction, 1900-1950. registration. 18 June 1998. Ashgate. 978-1-85928-289-2. 1916.