John Griffith Bowen

John Griffith Bowen (born November 5, 1924) is a British playwright and novelist. [Tim Woods (2001) "Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists", ISBN 0415165067] He was born in Calcutta, India, earned M.A. (1952) from Oxford University and worked in publishing, drama and television.

Bibliography

Novels

Bowen started writing books in the mid-1950s.
*The Truth Will Not Help Us: Embroidery on an Historical Theme. London, Chatto and Windus, 1956.
*After the Rain. London, Faber, 1958; New York, Ballantine, 1959.
*The Centre of the Green. London, Faber, 1959; New York, McDowellObolensky, 1960.
*Storyboard. London, Faber, 1960.
*The Birdcage. London, Faber, and New York, Harper, 1962.
*A World Elsewhere. London, Faber, 1965; New York, CowardMcCann, 1967.
*Squeak (1983)
*The McGuffin (1984)
*The Girls: A Story of Village Life. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1986;New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987.
*Fighting Back. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1989.
*The Precious Gift. London, Sinclair Stevenson, 1992.
*No Retreat. London, Sinclair Stevenson, 1994.

Plays

In the mid-1960s Bowen switched to writing plays for theatre and television.
*"Hetty Wainthrop Investigates" (1995)
*"" (1996)

References

External links

* [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4163/Bowen-John-Griffith.html John (Griffith) Bowen Biography] by James Gindin