Pressed for money, GH
sold three of her most valuable copyrights (this book, These Old Shades, and Devil's Cub) to Heinemann
for a total of only £750.
Haas, Lidija. “Wholly Allergic”. London Review of Books, Vol.
34
, No. 16, pp. 29-30.
30
Publishing
Jean Plaidy
Her other two titles under this name were Bed Disturbed (1952) and Such Bitter Business (1953, published as Evil in the House in the USA in 1954).
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Jones, Kathleen. Catherine Cookson: The Biography. Constable.
274
Publishing
Vita Sackville-West
The publisher of this and later editions was Heinemann
. It was reprinted in fourteen impressions that year, and by 1971, 100,000 copies had been sold in Britain alone, as well as appearing in VSW
Publishing
Buchi Emecheta
BE
had begun The Slave Girl in 1975, but had had to put it aside to revise her previous book, write plays for television and move to a house.
Emecheta, Buchi. Head Above Water. Heinemann.
191-2, 214
It went into many...
Publishing
Flora Annie Steel
This novel was initially rejected by Macmillan
. They cited weakness in the writing, but may in fact have feared the relative even-handedness of its treatment of the English and Indian viewpoints, in a context...
Publishing
Sarah Grand
SG
's publisher, Heinemann
, priced the novel at six shillings.
Grand, Sarah. Sex, Social Purity and Sarah Grand: Volume 1. Editor Heilmann, Ann, Routledge.
537
Publishing
Dorothy Whipple
DW
published her first book, the novel Young Anne, with Jonathan Cape
after it had been first rejected by Heinemann
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Publishing
Henry Handel Richardson
She apparently began to write for a readership after giving up the aim of a musical career, by producing contributions for an unnamed friend's manuscript magazine. Her first attempt was Christmas in Australia, an...
Jones, Kathleen. Catherine Cookson: The Biography. Constable.
297
Publishing
Violet Hunt
Her agent J. B. Pinker
sent the manuscript to William Heinemann
, who agreed to publish it on the condition that Hunt should change its ending: she would not find an audience, he insisted, for...
Publishing
Vita Sackville-West
The publishers, Heinemann
, gave her an advance of £150.
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin.
125
The book was soon reprinted, but when VSW
wanted another reprint after the war, when Knole was in the hands of the National Trust...
Publishing
Buchi Emecheta
She initially dedicated the book to her daughter Chiedu, but the latter objected, saying she would burn it! BE
told her daughter that she hoped burning books was not a hereditary trait, and dedicated it...
Publishing
Margaret Kennedy
With this publication, Kennedy began an eleven-year relationship with Heinemann
. Virago
republished the book in 1981 as one of its Modern Classics series; it included an introduction by Nicola Beauman
. MK
dedicated her...