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Elinor Lyon
Elinor Bruce Lyon (17 August 1921 – 28 May 2008) was an English children's author from a Scottish family background. Several of her novels are set on the Highland coast, others in Wales. They have been seen to feature "strong girls and sensitive boys and shared leadership between the sexes".
Lyon was born in Guisborough, Yorkshire. She was educated privately and then at St George's School, Edinburgh and Headington School, Oxford (1934–1938). She was strongly aware of her Scottish roots.
Elinor Lyon's father was the poet and headmaster P. H. B. Lyon. After a period in Switzerland, she returned to Oxford to read English at Lady Margaret Hall, just as the Second World War began. She completed four terms, then joined the WRNS: "With many... friends being killed, I couldn't stay there reading Milton." She served for 2+1⁄2 years as a radar operator.
Elinor was the inspiration for many of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.'s poems. Magee had met her while attending Rugby School, and he remained close friends with her and her family until his death in December 1941.
Her father served as headmaster of Rugby School from 1931 to 1948. Elinor met her future husband Peter Wright there, when he was a temporary Classics and English teacher, and became engaged to him in 1943. He returned to teaching when he was demobbed in 1946, and although Lyon's father had retired, they remained at Rugby until 1975, when they in turn retired to Harlech, Gwynedd.
Lyon's fondness for Scotland, the scene of many of her books, dated back to a holiday spent there in her own childhood. Holidays with her children were frequently spent there too, often in remote houses without running water or electricity.
Elinor Lyon died at Harlech on 28 May 2008, her husband having died of a stroke twelve years earlier. She was survived by two sons, two daughters and twelve grandchildren.
Between 1948 and 1976 Lyon wrote over 20 books for children. These had some success on both sides of the Atlantic. She found they "came much more easily" than writing for adults and believed her inspiration arose from "omnivorous reading".
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Elinor Lyon
Elinor Bruce Lyon (17 August 1921 – 28 May 2008) was an English children's author from a Scottish family background. Several of her novels are set on the Highland coast, others in Wales. They have been seen to feature "strong girls and sensitive boys and shared leadership between the sexes".
Lyon was born in Guisborough, Yorkshire. She was educated privately and then at St George's School, Edinburgh and Headington School, Oxford (1934–1938). She was strongly aware of her Scottish roots.
Elinor Lyon's father was the poet and headmaster P. H. B. Lyon. After a period in Switzerland, she returned to Oxford to read English at Lady Margaret Hall, just as the Second World War began. She completed four terms, then joined the WRNS: "With many... friends being killed, I couldn't stay there reading Milton." She served for 2+1⁄2 years as a radar operator.
Elinor was the inspiration for many of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.'s poems. Magee had met her while attending Rugby School, and he remained close friends with her and her family until his death in December 1941.
Her father served as headmaster of Rugby School from 1931 to 1948. Elinor met her future husband Peter Wright there, when he was a temporary Classics and English teacher, and became engaged to him in 1943. He returned to teaching when he was demobbed in 1946, and although Lyon's father had retired, they remained at Rugby until 1975, when they in turn retired to Harlech, Gwynedd.
Lyon's fondness for Scotland, the scene of many of her books, dated back to a holiday spent there in her own childhood. Holidays with her children were frequently spent there too, often in remote houses without running water or electricity.
Elinor Lyon died at Harlech on 28 May 2008, her husband having died of a stroke twelve years earlier. She was survived by two sons, two daughters and twelve grandchildren.
Between 1948 and 1976 Lyon wrote over 20 books for children. These had some success on both sides of the Atlantic. She found they "came much more easily" than writing for adults and believed her inspiration arose from "omnivorous reading".