ENID BLYTON
*1897 +1968 London Enid Mary Blyton Pollock Darrell Waters. She wrote m ore than 600 novels authored Enid Blyton and Mary Pollock. She loved her father a lot, but he abandoned his wife and her by another woman. She got the better marks in her class. She became teacher. Enid had several romancesand later got married twice. In the next 25 years, Enid wrote her best known books. She wrote books aimed at teenagers. They were about young gangs who acted as detectives to solve mysteries. They have been translated into nearly 90 languages. She is the 5 th most popular writer of the world. She has sold more than 400 million of books. However, literary experts have suggested that her writing style and the imagination and development of characters is very superficial. She wrote the 21 novels of the collection ‘Famous Five’. 1942 – 1963. She wrote about: 1. Children in strange situations 2. Schools for girls 3. Fan