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Ruby M. Ayres

Ruby M. Ayres

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Ruby Mildred Ayres was born on 28 January 1881 in Watford, Hertfordshire, the third daughter of the marriege formed by Alice (née Whitford) and Charles Pryor Ayres, a London-based architect. In 1909 she married Reginald William Pocock, a insurance broker, and they lived in Harrow until his death in a train accident. As widow without childrens, she moved to her sister's home at Weybridge, Surrey. She started to write as a girl, and her first story was published in a magazine shortly after her marriage, and in 1912 she published her first novel, Castles in Spain. In September 1915, with her first popular success, Richard Chatterton, V.C. (which sold over 50,000 copies in the first three years), she moved publishing houses to Hodder and Stoughton, where she remained until her death in 1955. She wrote over 150 novels and serialised works. Several of her works became films and she did screenwriting for Society for Sale among others. She corresponded with Douglas Sladen, and also was was possibly an inspiration for the P. G. Wodehouse character Rosie M. Banks. She died on 14 November 1955 in a nursing home in Weybridge, aged 74, of a combination of pneumonia and a cerebral thrombosis. She was cremated four days later at Golders Green in north London.

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The Second Honeymoon
Representative edition published 2007
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The Second Honeymoon
Representative edition published 2006
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The Second Honeymoon
Representative edition published 2006
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The Luckiest Lady
Representative edition published 1992
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Master Man
Representative edition published 1989
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Life Steps in
Representative edition published 1987
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Little Man
Representative edition published 1986
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Day Comes Round
Representative edition published 1986
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Weekend Woman
Representative edition published 1985
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High Noon
Representative edition published 1985
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One Summer
Representative edition published 1985
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Therewas another
Representative edition published 1984
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Twice a boy
Representative edition published 1984
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Princess Passes
Representative edition published 1983
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Return Journey
Representative edition published 1983
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Love's challenge
Representative edition published 1982
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Wallflower
Representative edition published 1982
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The story of fish and chips
Representative edition published 1980
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Sunrise for Georgie
Representative edition published 1979
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The man from Ceylon
Representative edition published 1978
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The youngest aunt
Representative edition published 1978
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All over again
Representative edition published 1977
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Living apart
Representative edition published 1977
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The lover who lied
Representative edition published 1973
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