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Maysel Jenkinson
A little-known early 20th-century children's writer, remembered today for Beyond the Hills, a 1926 adventure novel full of curiosity, courage, and the pull of the unknown.
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Beyond the hills
by Maysel Jenkinson
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author is readily confirmed in reliable public sources. What can be verified is that Maysel Jenkinson wrote Beyond the Hills, a children's novel published in 1926 by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
The book has found a second life through modern reprints and digitization, including availability through Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive. Its story of children setting off beyond familiar ground suggests a writer drawn to adventure, imagination, and the emotional world of young readers.
Because so little dependable background material is available, Jenkinson remains something of a literary mystery. That obscurity gives the work an added charm: readers meet the story almost before they meet the author.