Dorothea Bennett (novelist)
Dorothea Bennett born 1914 in Ireland as Dorothea Alice Bennett was a novelist and screenwriter married to Terence Young in 1942.
The daughter of Colonel William Bennett D.S.O. O.B.E.,[1] she is largely known for her 1977 novel The Jigsaw Man on which the 1983 film of the same name was based,[2][3] as well as for other film work. Prior to her marriage to Young, she was married to the artist Francis Cook from 1933-1935. She died in 1985 in Westminster, London, England.
Bibliography[]
- The Dry Taste of Fear (1960)
- Under the Skin (1961)
- The Jigsaw Man (1977)
- The Maynard Hayes Affair (1979)
- Greek Girl (1984)
References[]
- ^ "Person Page".
- ^ Review in the 1 August 1976 The New York Times
- ^ Alan Burton (4 April 2016). Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-4422-5587-6.
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