The Admiral spoke. His voice rich with the satisfaction of someone perfectly in command of a situation he has long anticipated, they heard his command roll out across the disturbed surface of the water: ‘Half speed ahead and steady the Barge, Cox’n—’ before they turned and ran hand in hand across the lawn to the drive, the lights, and the moving group of small figures gathered together in front of Greenbloom’s car.…
Maidstone, 1953–1955.
AN END
A Note on the Author
Gabriel Fielding was the pen name of Alan Gabriel Barnsley, a British novelist born in Northumberland, England. His most famous works include In the Time of Greenbloom, The Birthday King and The Women of Guinea Lane.
Fielding’s father was an Anglican vicar at Hexham and his mother, Katherine Fielding Barnsley, was a descendant of the novelist Henry Fielding. Barnsley’s pen name was derived from his illustrious ancestor.
Barnsley earned a B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin in 1939, with prizes in Anatomy, Oratory and Biology. He graduated in Medicine from St. George’s Hospital, London in 1943. He was a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II.
His first book, The Frog Prince and Other Poems, was published in 1952 in England.
In 1966 Barnsley moved to the United States, where he was author-in-residence at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. He also became a full professor of English literature there, retiring in 1981 as professor emeritus. In 1964 he was awarded the W.H. Smith Award for The Birthday King, and for “the most outstanding contribution to English Literature over a two-year period” (1962–1963).
He was married to Edwina Eleanora Cook with whom he had five children. He died in Bellevue, Washington on November 27th, 1986.
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