Frances Vernon

Frances Vernon (1963-1991) was a British novelist. She wrote her first novel "Privileged Children" (1982) at the age of sixteen. It won the Authors' Club Award for Best First Novel. She studied at New Hall, Cambridge, but soon left to continue her writing. She produced five more novels: "Gentlemen and Players" (1984), "A Desirable Husband" (1987), "The Bohemian Girl" (1988), "The Marquis of Westmarch" (1989)and The Fall of Doctor Onslow (1994). Her death, at the tragically young age of twenty-seven, came soon after she had completed The Fall of Doctor Onslow.

This article is based on information provided by the publishers in The Fall of Doctor Onslow (London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1994).