Rebel Writers

Shelagh Delaney, was the first in a succession of young women who wrote with an honesty that dazzled the world. Then came Edna O'Brien, Lynne Reid-Banks, Charlotte Bingham, Nell Dunn, Virginia Ironside and Margaret Forster; a disparate group who were united in their determination to shake the concepts of womanhood. In this biographical study, the acclaimed author, Celia Brayfield, tells their story for the first time.