Person DS/UK/528 Weldon; Fay (22 Sep 1931 – 4 Jan 2023); Author; essayist; playwright Weldon Fay 22 Sep 1931 – 4 Jan 2023 Author; essayist; playwright Born New Zealand, 1931 Educated South Hampstead High School Studied at St Andrew's University, Scotland

Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including 'Puffball' (1980), 'The Cloning of Joanna May' (1989), 'Wicked Women' (1995) and 'The Bulgari Connection' (2000), but was most well-known as the writer of 'The Life and Loves of a She-Devil' (1983) which was televised by the BBC in 1986. She also worked on a TV Adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Predjudice, in 1980, a co-production between the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Produced by Jonathan Powell (on which Betty Willingale also acted as a script editor). https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/04/fay-weldon-obituary (Accessed 07/02/2024) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes lparker 07/02/2024 lparker 07/02/2024 7b5ab1d2-5cef-441c-8d11-543faef0ac28