death_date debut name birth_date period genre image article_title birth_name occupation
20 september 1969 '' gerry goes to school '' elinor brent-dyer 06 april 1894 1922 -- 1969 adventure , school stories elinor brent-dyer . jpg elinor brent-dyer
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elinor brent-dyer

elinor m. brent-dyer -lrb- 6 april 1894 -- 20 september 1969 -rrb- was a children 's author who wrote more than 100 books during her lifetime , the most famous being the chalet school series .
