author
Ethel Talbot
1880–1944
Best known for lively girls' school stories and Guide adventures, this prolific British writer created brisk, spirited fiction for young readers in the early 20th century. Her books often mix friendship, independence, and a strong sense of fun.
3 Audiobooks
Betty at St. Benedick's : A school story for girls
by Ethel Talbot
The Island Camp
by Ethel Talbot
The Bravest Girl in School
by Ethel Talbot
About the author
Ethel Talbot was a British children's author born in Sutton Coldfield in 1880. Sources describe her as a prolific writer of girls' school stories, adventures, and Girl Guide novels, with more than sixty books to her name.
She came from a large family; her parents, Hugh Talbot and Margaret Ellen Turrell, were associated with the Plymouth Brethren, and the family appears to have moved frequently during her early life. As an adult she lived for many years in Edinburgh, and later moved to London before her death in Haywards Heath in 1944.
Talbot is remembered mainly for fast-paced fiction for girls, especially school and Guiding stories. Titles such as The Girls of the Rookery School helped define her reputation, and many of her books have remained visible through library catalogs, readers' communities, and digitized reprints.