Alice Grant Rosman
Encyclopedia
Early career
She was born in Kapunda, South AustraliaSouth Australia
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. She had one sister called Mary and she attended St Mary's Convent until 1889. In 1901 she started the Girl's Realm Guide in Adelaide
Adelaide
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. The Girls' Realm Guild published one of Rosman's books, "The Young Queen". Rosman lived in England from when she was a young child.
Newspaper work
Early on The ObserverThe Observer
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and The Chronicle published some of her stories. Rosman began her professional career working for Gadfly. After this she worked for the Daily Herald and for the Bulletin. Her writing style was emotive and eloquent.
Novels
Rosman's novels include:- Miss Bryde of England (1915)
- The Tower Wall (1916)
- The Window (1926)
- The Back Seat Driver (1928)
- Visitors to Hugo (1929)
- The Young and Secret (1930)
- The Sixth Journey (1931)