Audrey Brettle
Audrey Brettle | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexandra Audrey Kinnon 10 February 1937 Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 27 September 2003 (aged 66) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England |
| Writing career | |
| Pen name | Amy Thomas |
Alexandra Audrey Brettle (1937–2003), was a Black Country author of Scottish descent.
Biography
Educated at Halesowen Grammar School, she became a Salvation Army officer;[1] before working for North Warwickshire Borough Council until her retirement.
In retirement, she began to write actively, and was a founder of the North Warwickshire Writers Group. After her death in 2003, her ashes were interred in Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground. A collection of her writings was published posthumously, under the title The Clydebank Whistle.[2]
References
- ↑ "Tributes" (PDF). Salvationist. London. 6 December 2003. p. 18. OCLC 16509876. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011.
- ↑ Librarything.com page on The Clydebank Whistle. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2003 deaths
- English people of Scottish descent
- People from Rowley Regis
- People from the Black Country
- English Salvationists
- 20th-century English women writers
- 20th-century English writers
- 21st-century English women writers
- 20th-century Methodists
- 21st-century English writers
- British writer stubs
- The Salvation Army stubs