Includes manuscript notebooks containing drafts of poems and an annotated typescript draft of a novel. Also contains correspondence, articles by and about Tyrrell and photographs.
Patricia Tyrrell Collection
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 1992
- Dates of Creation
- 1958 - 2015
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes; manuscript notebooks, photographs, manuscript papers, typescript papers, newspaper cuttings, photocopies, pamphlets;
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Patricia Tyrrell is an English American author of novels and poetry. She was born and educated in Norfolk. For some years Tyrrell worked in London as a civil servant. Having emigrated to the United States of America she worked in various roles including as a companion, cook-housekeeper and nurse. She returned to England in 1983 and is now based in Cornwall. Her novel 'The Reckoning' (2004) was shortlisted for the Encore Award.
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Acquisition Information
Donated by Patricia Tyrrell.
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