I know this is a strange one but. is there any children's writers with a initial between the names. e.g?

Richard E grant. They鈥檙e books must be atleast 70 years old

I know this is a strange one but. is there any children's writers with a initial between the names. e.g?
After glancing at my bookcase I can only see one name with an initial in the middle - Susan M. Coolidge, who wrote What Katy Did. Unfortunately, I don't know when it was written or first published, but since it is a classic I would guess it is at least 70 years old. I will try and find out for you.





Ok it was first published in 1872, but Susan M Coolidge was the pen-name of Sarah Chauncy Woolsey. I don't know if this matters or not.
Reply:Elinor M Brent-Dyer, wrote the Chalet School series set somewhere in Europe I think, possibly Switzerland, based (initially) on the adventures of a girl called Joey Bettany who eventually grows up, marries and has twins.





I couldn't swear to their exact age, but I read them when I was growing up in the 1970's and they felt old-fashioned to me even back then, far more so than e.g. the Famous Five books which were written in the 1950s. They may well be pre-War, which would put them around the era you're looking for.
Reply:E.Nesbit - cannot remember her first name. Excellent books. We grew up on them - The Treasure Seekers, The Phoenix %26amp; the carpet, Five children %26amp; it etc
Reply:J.M. Barrie
Reply:E Nesbit
Reply:Franklin W. Dixon. Pen name for the authors of The Hardy Boys series, which began in 1927.
Reply:I'm intrigued, but I can't do any better than Louisa M. Alcott and Franklin W. Dixon.





If you're trying to identify a particular book or author, do you have any more information you could share?





My other theory, given you mention a period of 70 years, is that it's something to do with copyright. If it is, bear in mind that in many cases copyright applies for 70 years after the death of the author, not 70 years after the book was published.
Reply:Must they also have ginger hair and have a wart behind their left ear? Why not throw in that their mother must have been an Argentinian midget too?


Not asking for much are you?
Reply:Elizabeth E Nesbitt
Reply:How about Jerome K. Jerome.......Three Men in a Boat.





Louisa M. Alcott........Little Women, Little Women Married and Little Men
Reply:Enid Blyton, some of the books are older than 70 years old and all of them are fantastic!!!
Reply:You'll only put me down as a pedantic old buzzard but you mean " are there " surely.