Tilsley, Frank, 1904-1957

found: nuc86-67158: His The love story of Gilbert Bright, 1975(hdg. on NN rept.: Tilsley, Frank, 1904-)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 3 Nov. 2021(Frank Tilsley (5 May 1904 - 1957) was a British novelist, broadcaster, and television dramatist. Tilsley published twenty-seven novels, two of which "Little Man, This Now" and "The Land is Bright" coming out pseudonymously, the former appearing under his real name some years after he died. Lists his many publications, including "The Land Is Bright" (1940), originally published under the pseudonym Francis Heaton-Chapel, and "Little Man, This Now" (1940), originally published under the pseudonym XYZ [and republished under the real name Frank Tilsley in 1975])

found: Goodreads website, viewed 9 Nov. 2021:authors (Frank Tilsley: Frank Vincent Tilsley was a British novelist, born in Lancashire on 5 May 1904, and grew up in Manchester. In WWII he was posted to the RAF as a war correspondent. He used two writing pseudonyms during this time because of the controversial subject matter of the work: "Little man this now" was first published in 1940 under the pseudonym XYZ and its existence was only discovered in 1975 [when it was republished under the real name Frank Tilsley] and "The land is bright" was published in 1946 under the pseudonym Francis Heaton-Chapel)