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Joyce Reason (December 1894 - 18 September 1974) was a British author of missionary biographies and historical fiction for young readers.〔''Who Was Who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949'', Vol. 3, Gale Research Co., Detroit, 1978, p.1177〕 == Life and Works == Joyce Reason was born in Canning Town, London. Her father, Will Reason, was a Congregational minister who campaigned and wrote around themes of social justice and poverty (books such as ''Poverty'', ''Drink and the Community'', ''Homes and Housing'', ''Christianity and Social Renewal''). Both her parents were university graduates. She was educated at Milton Mount College For Girls in Gravesend, an educational institution for the daughters of congregational ministers, although other pupils could attend. She was a prolific author of popular missionary biographies and accounts of the work of the London Missionary Society. She also wrote fiction and plays for young people. Reason wrote missionary biographies of Mary Aldersey of China,〔Joyce Reason, ''The Witch of Ningpo: Mary Aldersey''. Eagle books, 1940.〕 James Chalmers of Papua,〔Joyce Reason,'' Tales from Chalmers: Stories Based on the Autobiography of James Chalmers, Missionary in Papua''. London: Livingstone Press, 1942.〕 Albert Cook of Uganda,〔Joyce Reason, ''Safety Last: The Story of Albert Cook of Uganda''. London: Highway Press, 1954.〕〔George Craig. Shorter Notices: Review of ''Safety Last: The Story of Albert Cook of Uganda''. In:'' Oxford Journals, African Affairs'', 1955, p242 ()〕〔Cited in: Gerald H. Anderson. ''Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1999 ISBN 978-0-8028-4680-8〕 William Kendall Gale of Madagascar,〔Joyce Reason, ''Go and Find It!:〕 ''Swords of Iron'' is set in Pre-Roman Britain.〔Geoffrey Trease, ''Tales out of School'', Heinemann Educational Books, 1964, p.104 ISBN 978-0-435-80900-3〕 ''The Secret Fortress'' deals in traditional style with the last age of Viking rule in Cumberland.〔Marcus Crouch. ''The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel 1972 1945-1970'', London: Benn, 1972. p.59 ISBN 0-510-31351-5〕 ''The Queen's Champions'' is a story of a plot against Queen Elizabeth I and how a young boy plays an important part in averting disaster.〔''School Librarian and School Library Review'',Vol.15, School Library Association, 1967. p.60〕 ''Red Pennons Flying'' is a tale set during the Hundred Years' War. She also wrote ''Dwifa's Curse: A Tale of the Stone Age'' under the nom-de-plume "Blue Wolf".〔 It is set in Stone Age Britain, just at the time the earlier Neolithic people are coming into contact with later Stone Age people armed with the bow and more advanced in civilisation.〔''(The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art )'', Vol. 133, J.W. Parker and Son, 1922, p.154〕〔(''Dwifa's Curse'' (plot summary ))〕 She produced a number of works for the Sunday School "rewards" market which are still occasionally reprinted.〔Principally: ''Three Secret Seeds'' (1964), ''The Fire Escape'' (1965), ''Mrs Townsend and a Puppy'' (1967), ''Jim All Alone'' (1969), ''Josephine Jane'' (1970), and ''The Black and White Twins'' (1970).〕 The copyrights of these and many of her other works are now held by Lutterworth Press. For the last 20 years of her life at least, Joyce Reason, a Congregationalist by denomination, lived at 102 Addison Rd, Guildford. She was not married and for much of her life lived with her younger sister, the chemist and teacher Hazel Alden Reason, who was also unmarried. A number of her books have been translated into French, German and Swedish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joyce Reason」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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