Kathleen Fidler

Kathleen Fidler (Kathleen Annie Fidler Goldie) (10 August 1899 – 7 August 1980) was a prolific author of over 80 children's books.

Kathleen Annie Fidler was born on 10 August 1899 in Coalville, Leicestershire. She was raised in Wigan and educated in Wigan Girls' High School and at St. Mary's College in Bangor North Wales. She became a teacher and taught at St. Paul's Girls' School, Wigan, and was the headmistress of the Scot Lane Evening Institute between 1924 and 1930. She married James H. Goldie in 1930

To this day children read her books, which continue to be published and made available and are widely taught in Scottish schools.

Her papers are held at the National Library of Scotland.

Book list All dates in the list below refer to the first date of publication. All books were originally published by The Lutterworth Press

The Brydons series

The Borrowed Garden (1944) St. Jonathan’s in the Country (1945) The Brydons at Smugglers Creek (1945) More Adventures of the Brydons (1947) The Brydons Go Camping (1948) The Brydons Do Battle (1949) The Brydons in Summer (1949) The Brydons Look For Trouble (1950) The Brydons in a Pickle (1950) Surprises for the Brydons (1950) The Brydons Get Things Going (1951) The Brydons Hunt For Treasure (1951) The Brydons Catch Queer Fish (1952) The Brydons Stick at Nothing (1952) The Brydons Abroad (1953) The Brydons on the Broads (1955) Challenge to the Brydons (1956) The Brydons at Blackpool (1960) The Brydons Go Canoeing (1963)

The Deans series

The Deans Move In (1953) The Deans Follow A Clue (1954) The Deans Solve A Mystery (1954) The Deans Defy Danger (1955) The Deans Dive For Treasure (1956) The Deans to the Rescue (1957) The Deans Lighthouse Adventure (1959) The Deans And Mr. Popple (1960) The Deans Dutch Adventure (1962)

The Mr. Simister series

The Mysterious Mr. Simister (1947) Mr. Simister Appears Again (1948) Mr. Simister Is Unlucky (1949)

Others "The Kathleen Fidler Omnibus" (1946) The White Cockade Passes (1947) Guest Castle (1949) True Tales of Treasure (1962) The Desperate Journey (1964) The Boy With the Bronze Axe (1968) (set in Skara Brae) The Railway Runaways (1977) The Lost Cave (1978) Pablos and the Bull (1979) Seal Story (1979)