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Adèle Geras


Israel (b.1944)

aka Hope Adams

Adèle Geras was born in Jerusalem in 1944 and spent her early childhood in many different countries because her father was in the Colonial Service. Before she was eleven, She'd lived in Cyprus, Nigeria, and North Borneo and later her parents were also sent to the Gambia and Tanganyika (now Tanzania) where she used to join them for summer holidays. She went to boarding-school in England (Roedean School, Brighton) in 1955 and went on to read French and Spanish at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. She graduated in 1966. She has been an actress and singer and a teacher of French in a girls' school in Manchester before becoming a full-time writer in 1976. Since then, she has published more than ninety books for children and young adults. She has also written four novels for adults, all published by Orion. She now lives in Cambridge and has two grown-up daughters and three grandchildren.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction
 
Series
Fabulous Fantoras
   1. Family Files (1988)
     aka The Fabulous Fantora Files
   2. The Family Photographs (1999)
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Egerton Hall
   1. The Tower Room (1990)
   2. Watching the Roses (1991)
   3. Pictures of the Night (1992)
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Little Swan
   1. Little Swan (1995)
   2. Louisa's Secret (1997)
   3. Louisa in the Wings (1997)
   4. Louisa and Phoebe (1997)
   5. Louisa on Screen (2001)
   6. Good Luck, Louisa! (2002)
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Magic of the Ballet
   Giselle (2000)
   Sleeping Beauty (2000)
   Swan Lake (2000)
   The Nutcracker (2000)
   The Firebird (2001)
   Coppelia (2002)
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Novels
   Tea at Mrs. Manderby's (1976)
   Apricots at Midnight (1977)
   Beyond the Cross-stitch Mountains (1977)
   The Girls in the Velvet Frame (1978)
   The Painted Garden (1979)
   Other Echoes (1982)
   Voyage (1983)
   The Christmas Cat (1983)
   Little Elephant's Moon (1986)
   Richie's Rabbit (1986)
   Happy Endings (1986)
   Finding Annabel (1987)
   Fish Pie for Flamingoes (1987)
   Up on the Roof (1987)
   Pink Medicine (1988)
   The Coronation Picnic (1989)
   Bunk Bed Night (Clare and Tom Books) (1990)
   Nina's Magic (1990)
   The Glittering River (1990)
   The Fabulous Fantora Photographs (1993)
     aka The Fantora Family Photographs
   Toey (1994)
   Josephine and Pobble (1994)
   Mimi and Apricot Max (1994)
   Return of Archibald Gribbet (1994)
   Voices from the Dolls' House (1994)
   Candle in the Dark (1995)
   Chalk and Cheese (1996)
   Cinderella (1996)
   From Lullaby to Lullaby (1997)
   Doll's House (1998)
   Rabbit Pet Pal (1998)
   Gingerbread House (1998)
   Lolly (1998)
   The Six Swan Brothers (1998)
   Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1998)
   Troy (2000)
   The Wedding Present (2001)
   Sleep Tight, Ginger Kitten (2001)
   The Taste of Winter (2002)
   My Wishes for You (2002)
   Facing the Light (2003)
   Rebecca's Passover (2003)
   Ballet Class (2003)
   Time for Ballet (2004)
   Hester's Story (2005)
   Ithaka (2005)
   Made In Heaven (2006)
   A Hidden Life (2007)
   Cleopatra (2007)
   Dido (2009)
   Cover Your Eyes (2014)
   Love, or Nearest Offer (2016)
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Collections
   Apricots at Midnight: And Other Stories from a Patchwork Quilt (1982)
   The Green Behind the Glass (1982)
   Snapshots of Paradise (1984)
   Letters of Fire and Other Unsettling Stories (1984)
   My Grandmother's Stories (1990)
   Golden Windows (1993)
   A Lane to the Land of the Dead (1994)
   Stories for Bedtime (1995)
   Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories (1996)
   Best of Friends (1997) (with others)
   The Orchard Book of Opera Stories (1997)
   The Random House Book of Opera Stories (1998)
   The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories (1998) (with others)
   My First Ballet Stories (2004)
   Magic Beans (2011) (with others)
   War Girls (2014) (with others)
   The Great War (2015) (with others)
   A Wisp of Wisdom (2016) (with others)
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Anthologies edited
   A Treasury of Jewish Stories (1996)
     aka The Kingfisher Treasury of Jewish Stories
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Series contributed to
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Historical House
   2. Lizzie's Wish (2004)
   3. Cecily's Portrait (2007)
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Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Adèle Geras recommends
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The Key in the Lock (2022)
Beth Underdown
"Engrossing . . . conveys emotion and excitement so elegantly."
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Everyone is Still Alive (2021)
Cathy Rentzenbrink
"Very funny but also sharp and poignant . . . I thoroughly enjoyed it."
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Widowland (2021)
(Widowland, book 1)
C J Carey
"All Jane Thynne fans should read her alter ego C J Carey whose Widowland is fabulous! A very stylish and exciting counterfactual set around the coronation of Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. Hitler is still alive and in charge. Rose is a terrific heroine."

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Anthologies containing stories by Adèle Geras
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You Never Did Learn to Knock (2006)
14 Stories About Girls And Their Mothers
edited by
Bel Mooney

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