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G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern
1890–1973
A prolific British writer with a gift for family drama and sharp observation, she published novels, plays, memoirs, biographies, and criticism across a long career. She is especially remembered for the Rakonitz family books and for writing with warmth, wit, and a lively, conversational style.
4 Audiobooks
Twos and Threes
by G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern
A marrying man
by G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern
Children of No Man's Land
by G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern
The room
by G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern
About the author
Born in London in 1890, Gladys Bronwyn Stern wrote under the name G. B. Stern and built a remarkably varied career. Reliable sources consulted here describe her as the author of many novels, short stories, plays, memoirs, biographies, and works of literary criticism.
She came from a Jewish family in London, and biographical sources note that financial upheaval in her youth shaped the course of her early life. Her writing often returned to family life, memory, identity, and social change, and she became particularly well known for the multi-volume Rakonitz chronicle.
Stern continued publishing for decades and remained a distinctive voice in 20th-century English literature. She died in 1973. I wasn’t able to confirm a suitable portrait image from the pages retrieved for this request, so no profile image is included.