birth_date: 1941-07-07 00:00:00
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name: Jane Gaskell
about: Gaskell was born Jane Gaskell Denvil on 7 July 1941, in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England (previously in the county of Lancashire). She is the great grandniece of the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. Her first novel, Strange Evil, was written when she was 14-years-old (published two years later, in 1957). In 1963 Gaskell married truck driver Gerald Lynch; and in 1965 their daughter, Lucy Emma, was born. (Their marriage ended in divorce in 1968.)In 1970 she received the Somerset Maugham Award for her novel A Sweet, Sweet Summer. China Miéville lists Strange Evil as one of the top 10 examples of weird fiction.Wikipedia® Gaskell was born Jane Gaskell Denvil on 7 July 1941, in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England (previously in the county of Lancashire). She is the great grandniece of the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. Her first novel, Strange Evil, was written when she was 14-years-old (published two years later, in 1957). In 1963 Gaskell married truck driver Gerald Lynch; and in 1965 their daughter, Lucy Emma, was born. (Their marriage ended in divorce in 1968.)In 1970 she received the Somerset Maugham Award for her novel A Sweet, Sweet Summer. China Miéville lists Strange Evil as one of the top 10 examples of weird fiction.Wikipedia® ...more