Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley (1880-1960) (Elsie J
Oxenham) was born on 25 November 1880 in
the Birkdale area of Southport, Lancs. Her father William Dunkerley
later became well-known as the poet and novelist John Oxenham, and
when Elsie began writing she took this surname as well.
James Hilton (1900-1954) b 9.9.00 Leigh,
Lancashire. In 1935 went to South California. Died 20.12.56 Long
Beach, California. Edu. Christ College, Cambridge.
Barbara Pym 1913-19870 Educated at Liverpool College, Huyton and St Hilda's, Oxford.
For Mancunian writers, please see Greater Mancherster
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the Alliance of Literary Societies Thank you
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