Worth a trip to the British Library for one of our London based members?

Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK

On May 19, 2012 11:00 PM, "Andy Mabbett" <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

On 19 May 2012 22:44, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I feared when we discussed this article early today, I'm not really
> sure she is notable... I think that's why you can't find suitable
> references to establish notability.

I'd be very surprised if an author of at least nine novels, all
published by a single mainstream publisher (implying commercial
success) with some republished in large print editions, had manage to
garner no press coverage, interviews, or reviews.

That they have been published over a period starting in 1976 means
that such coverage is likely to pre-date the web and may never have
been available electronically.

> I'm also a little concerned that a large portion (over a third) of the
> article

I think you're miscounting.

> is copied word for word from the publisher's biography of her
> (the 2nd reference). It's only one and a half sentences and its the
> obvious way to convey that information, so it wouldn't usually be a
> problem, but the article is just so short that it is quite
> significant.

SOFIXIT!

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