Mary Alice Faid
Mary Alice Faid, was a Scottish writer of children's books, mostly religious fiction, and of adult fiction.
Personal life
Mary Alice Faid was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1897. Her father was a butcher. She may have attended the University of Glasgow. She married Alexander Carson Dunn in 1923 in the Primitive Methodist Church; he was a teacher. She died in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1990.Faid is best known for the Trudy series of ten books for children. These take the eponymous heroine from school age to adult life, with an emphasis on her involvement with the evangelistic movement and urban missions. As well as Faid's prolific output of romantic novels, she also wrote stories for women's magazines. She published as both Mary Alice Faid and Mary Faid.
Selected books
Trudy series
Trudy Takes Charge Trudy's Island Holiday Trudy's Uphill Road Trudy's College Days School Ma'am Trudy Trudy on Her Own Trudy's Small Corner Trudy Married Trudy in Demand- ''Trudy and Family''
Adult romance fiction
Dear Dominie A Bride for the Laird Stairway to Happiness Dance to your Shadow The Singing Rain Rodrick's Isle Mrs. Drummond's Daughters Daffodil Square Love Will Venture In, serialised in Woman's WeeklyThe Glass Keepsake The Walls of Rossa The Rowan in the Rock The Other Side of the Park First Love, Second Love The Daughter at Home The Marshalls of Croma No Stars so Bright A Kiss for the Teacher The Summer of the Wedding- ''Love's Ebbing Tide''