Monica was born in London in 1915, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. While her father and grandfather pursued the legal profession which was Charles Dickens first career, his great-granddaughter followed in his literary steps. Her light and witty novels became hugely popular in their time for being ‘funny, poignant and perfect period pieces’ (The Sunday Telegraph). Monica Dickens will be remembered by many horse-loving children as the creator of Follyfoot, a popular ITV series in the early 70s which formed the base for a subsequent children’s books series.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Children’s Fiction
Follyfoot Series
Follyfoot (1971)
Dora at Follyfoot (1972)
The Horses of Follyfoot (1975)
Stranger at Follyfoot (1976)
New Arrival at Follyfoot (1995)
World’s End Series
The House at World’s End (1970)
Summer at World’s End (1971)
World’s End in Winter (1972)
Spring Comes to World’s End (1973)
Messenger Series
The Ballad of Favour (1985)
The Messenger (1985)
Cry of a Seagull (1986)
The Haunting of Bellamy 4 (1986)
General Fiction and Non-Fiction
One Pair of Hands (1939)
Mariana (1940)
One Pair of Feet (1942)
The Fancy (1943)
Thursday Afternoons (1945)
The Happy Prisoner (1946)
Joy and Josephine (1948)
Flowers on the Grass (1949)
My Turn To Make The Tea (1951)
No More Meadows (1953)
The Winds of Heaven (1955)
The Angel in the Corner (1956)
Man Overboard (1958)
The Heart of London (1961)
The Room Upstairs (1964)
Kate and Emma (1965)
The Landlord’s Daughter (1968)
The Listeners (1970)
Talking of Horses (1973)
Last Year When I Was Young (1974)
The Great Escape (1975)
An Open Book (1980)
A Celebration (1984)
A View From The Seesaw (1986)
Dear Doctor Lily (1988)
Enchantment (1989)
Closed at Dusk (1990)
Scarred (1991)
One of the Family (1993)
