Alexandra Audrey Brettle (1937–2003), was a Black Country author of Scottish descent.

Audrey Brettle
BornAlexandra Audrey Kinnon
(1937-02-10)10 February 1937
Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England
Died(2003-09-27)27 September 2003
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Pen nameAmy Thomas

Biography

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Educated at Halesowen Grammar School, she became a Salvation Army officer;[1] before working for North Warwickshire Borough Council until her retirement.[when?]

In retirement, she began to write actively, and was a founder of the North Warwickshire Writers Group. After her death in 2003, her ashes were interred in Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground. A collection of her writings was published posthumously, under the title The Clydebank Whistle.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Tributes" (PDF). Salvationist. London. 6 December 2003. p. 18. OCLC 16509876. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011.
  2. ^ Librarything.com page on The Clydebank Whistle. Retrieved 6 July 2010.