Enid Blyton

 

Enid Mary Blyton, 71 (11th August 1897 - 28th November 1968)  was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton's books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into 90 languages; her first book, Child Whispers, a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922. She wrote on a wide range of topics including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives and is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, and Secret Seven series.

In her autobiography, she wrote, "we were a happy little family. Imagine I could not possibly write a singe book if I were not happy, or did not put them first." Elder daughter said it was wonderful to be with her. But her younger daughter thought she was a nuisance. 

Enid's parents separated at 13, after constant fights. Her wending out was writing about children with Happy Ending. She wrote about her parents only in one book. She left her home at 19. Thomas Cary Blyton, was her father. At 27 she met Hugh Alexander Pollock her publisher. They lived in Elphin cottage in Kent. The Story of My Life -  Is her Autobiography. Gillian Baverstock, was her first daughter. In The Teachers world magazine, she urged people to take care of her dogs. Her dog was Bobs. 1935 Imogen Smallwood was born. But Enid did not care for her. Enid and her husband were both Vulnerable. Doorathy Richard became her rock. Green Hedges in Beckon room was her new home. In 1942 she divorced Hugh and married, Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She never liked mentioning about Hugh, who 

Successful people always remember who make them successful. But she badmouthed Hugh always later. Sunny stories, Lucy Loud voice, felt bad about her stories. Her Brother Henry recalled, she never went to meet their mother, and in the end, she had the same disease as her mother, and she kept thinking of her. 

When someone told her, she would be proud of her children, she stretched her hands in her library with 1000's of her books in different languages and said, 'These are my children'.

I am amazed and impressed, recollecting, how many debates we have had when in school, on if all these books were written by one person or different.