Celia Dale

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Celia Dale (15 January 1912 – 31 December 2011) was an English writer and book reviewer. Both of her parents were actors—her father was James Dale and her mother Marguerite Adamson. She was a cousin of the novelist Sarah Harrison and was married to journalist and critic Guy Ramsey until his death in 1959.

Her first novel, The Least Of These, appeared in 1943. She wrote 13 novels and a collection of short stories, with later works mainly psychological thrillers. In 1986 she won the Crime Writers' Association Best Short Story of the Year award for Lines of Communication and A Personal Call and other stories.

Dale also worked as a secretary to the author Rumer Godden. Four of her novels were reissued as Faber Finds in 2008. Her sixth novel, A Spring of Love, was adapted for television as the four-part drama Love Story: Mr Right, which aired on BBC One in 1983.

Celia Dale died on 31 December 2011, aged 99.