Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life and career  





2 Personal life  





3 Book list  



3.1  Lone Pine series  





3.2  Buckingham series  





3.3  Jillies series  





3.4  Nettleford series  





3.5  Marston Baines series  





3.6  Susan and Bill series  





3.7  Michael and Mary series  





3.8  Brown Family series  





3.9  Other fiction books  





3.10  Travel books  





3.11  Nature and countryside books  





3.12  Religious books  





3.13  Other non-fiction  







4 References  





5 External links  














Malcolm Saville






Español
Svenska
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Malcolm Saville
BornLeonard Malcolm Saville
(1901-02-21)21 February 1901
Hastings, Sussex, England
Died30 June 1982(1982-06-30) (aged 81)
Hastings, Sussex, England
OccupationAuthor, literary publicist, editor
CitizenshipBritish
GenreChildren's fiction
Years active1943–1982
Notable worksLone Pine series
SpouseDorothy McCoy
Children4

Leonard Malcolm Saville (21 February 1901–30 June 1982)[1] was an English writer best known for the Lone Pine series of children's books, many of which are set in Shropshire. His work emphasises location; the books include many vivid descriptions of English countryside, villages and sometimes towns.

Early life and career[edit]

He was born in Hastings, Sussex, and was educated at Richmond Hill School, in Richmond, Surrey. His working life began at Oxford University Press in 1918,[2] then continued as a publicist with Cassell &Co (1920–1922), Associated Press (1922–1936), and George Newnes Ltd (1936–1941).[1] He was also the associate editor of My Garden magazine, before taking over editorship of Sunny Stories from Enid Blyton in 1954, when she left to set up her own magazine in direct competition.

Saville's writing career, from 1943 to 1982, was initially a diversion from his working life. His first book, Mystery at Witchend, was set in Shropshire and was written when his children had been evacuated to the county from the family home in Hertfordshire.[2] It was adapted for BBC radio broadcast in 1943, and was followed by a further 19 children's books in the Lone Pine series, the last one published in 1978. Several of his 90 books were serialised for broadcast on radio, many on Children's Hour, and his 1953 book The Ambermere Treasure, part of the Jillies series, was serialised by Associated-Rediffusion, the first commercial television company to broadcast in the United Kingdom, in late 1955 and early 1956; it was therefore one of the first ITV children's drama series. Saville also wrote many short stories and magazine articles.

Personal life[edit]

His marriage to Dorothy (née McCoy) in 1926 produced four children. Saville had strong moral convictions, and was a practising Christian.

He died in Hastings in 1982, aged 81.

Book list[edit]

All dates in the list below refer to the first date of publication. Some of the earlier titles were reissued in revised editions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some of the books were translated into Spanish and Dutch.

Lone Pine series[edit]

Buckingham series[edit]

Jillies series[edit]

Nettleford series[edit]

Marston Baines series[edit]

Susan and Bill series[edit]

Michael and Mary series[edit]

Brown Family series[edit]

Other fiction books[edit]

Travel books[edit]

Nature and countryside books[edit]

Religious books[edit]

Other non-fiction[edit]

Saville also edited Words For All Seasons, a poetry anthology first published in 1979. He began a book on the Shropshire countryside he loved, The Silent Hills of Shropshire, but died before he could finish it; it was completed by Mark O'Hanlon and published in 1998. Mark O'Hanlon's biography of Saville, Beyond the Lone Pine which was published to coincide with the centenary of Saville's birth in 2001, is also now out of print. Another book by Mark O'Hanlon called The Complete Lone Pine – a guide to the entire series – was published in 1996 and was reprinted in an extended hardback edition in 2005.

References[edit]

  • ^ a b The Author, Witchend.com. Retrieved 16 July 2016
  • External links[edit]

    Watson, Victor (2001). The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English Cambridge University Press 627–628 ISBN 0-521-55064-5


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malcolm_Saville&oldid=1229965724"

    Categories: 
    1901 births
    1982 deaths
    English children's writers
    Writers from Hastings
    English Christians
    20th-century English novelists
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    Use dmy dates from December 2015
    Use British English from December 2015
    Articles with ISNI identifiers
    Articles with VIAF identifiers
    Articles with BNE identifiers
    Articles with GND identifiers
    Articles with J9U identifiers
    Articles with LCCN identifiers
    Articles with NKC identifiers
    Articles with NLA identifiers
    Articles with NTA identifiers
    Articles with Trove identifiers
    Articles with SUDOC identifiers
     



    This page was last edited on 19 June 2024, at 19:04 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki