Quote of the day
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve.
Jane Gardam

Born: July 11, 1928
Died: April 28, 2025 (aged 96)
Bio: Jane Mary Gardam was an English writer of children's and adult fiction. She also wrote reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph, and writes for BBC radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon, and Yorkshire.
Known for:
- Old filth (2004)
- The Man in the Wooden Hat (2009)
- Last Friends (2013)
- The Hollow Land (1981)
- Crusoe's Daughter (1985)







