Jane Blackmore
Personal Information
Description
Jane Blackmore, the daughter of an Army doctor, was born in Bangalore and spent the earlier part of her childhood there and in other parts of India. On finally reaching England, she went wherever her father's appointments took him ranging from cathedral towns to the Industrial Midlands and in her early teens to Egypt. It was during these years that she started to write. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but gave up the stage, and with the coming of World War II returned to her early love of writing. Living in south-west London, Jane Blackmore was married twice and had three children.
Books
Night of the Stranger
Into the quiet, residential cul-de-sac of Woodfall Gardens came Mrs. Hilliard's new lodger - charming, gay, ageless Roland Roland. To most of the residents he was a welcome addition to their group, a memento of the world outside. To Pilar Galway - young, lovely, impressionable - he was glamor and excitement and, she thought, real love at last. But to Michael Marsh, who had adored Pilar ever since he could remember, he was a bitter reminder of the fragility of love. Behind the dazzle of Roland Roland's exotic charm, the seeds of madness were taking root, soon to blossom into a monstrous flower of evil bent on destroying the life of an innocent girl....