Barbara Comyns

Barbara Comyns (1907-1992) was a novelist; she frequently included a supernatural or magical realist element in her works.

Names

• Barbara Irene Veronica Bayley (birth)
• Barbara Pemberton (first marriage)
• Barbara Comyns
• Barbara Comyns Carr (second marriage to Richard Comyns Carr)

Bibliography

• Sisters by a River (1947) [semi-autobiographical]
• Our Spoons Came from Woolworths (1950) [semi-autobiographical]
• Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (1955) [speculative / magical realist elements]
• The Vet's Daughter (1959) [speculative / magical realist elements]
• Out of the Red and into the Blue (1960)
• The Skin Chairs (1962)
• Birds in Tiny Cages (1964)
• A Touch of Mistletoe (1967)
• The Juniper Tree (1985)
• Mr. Fox (1987)
• The House of Dolls (1989).

Further reading

• LibraryThing
• ISFDB
• Wikipedia