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I am Jean Collen but I don't seem able to log myself into this page any more. Fiona Compton is my pen name for fiction books. Can someone help?

I have updated my book, "A Scattered Garland: Gleanings from the lives of Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler". The book was published in one volume in 2006 but since then I have found out very much more information about the Booths, so it has now been published in 4 volumes,
Early days (Volume 1) , At the top (Volume 2), South Africa (Volume 3) and Back in the UK (Volume 4). These books may be viewed at: www.lulu.com/duettists

I have digitised the autobiography by Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, entitled "Duet", published by Stanley Paul in 1951. I am grateful to John Marwood who proofread the book most meticulously.

The book is available by direct link (e-book: http://www.lulu.com/shop/http://www.l...)

(paperback: http://www.lulu.com/shop/jean-collen-...)

I am revising my book "A Scattered Garland" Gleanings from the lives of Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler" and will republish it in two volumes soon. Volume 1: 1902 - 1947 and Volume 2: 1948 - 2003.

After that project is completed, I will continue writing the third (and final) part of my fictional series about tenor, Malcolm Craig. It will be entitled "The Long Day Closes".

I was very sorry to learn of the death of the excellent author, Elizabeth Jane Howard at the age of 90. I have read all her books and enjoyed every one of them.

I have just validated the first draft of my book "Faint Harmony" on NaNoWriMo. It is the second novel in a trilogy about singers, Malcolm Craig and Marina Dunbar. There's still quite a lot of polishing and editing ahead.

I have ordered "Greasepaint and Cordite: How ENSA Entertained the Troops During World War II"
by Andy Merriman and look forward to reading it soon.

Recently I bought "Heartbreak Hotel", the latest book by Deborah Moggach, and I look forward to reading it this weekend.

I have recently updated and enlarged my book, "A Scattered Garland: Gleanings from the Lives of Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler".

I was very sorry to hear of the death of Maeve Binchy at the age of 72 yesterday. I read every one of her heart-warming books and thoroughly enjoyed them all. I looked out for a new Maeve Binchy last December and was surprised not to find her new novel on the best-sellers' shelf of the bookshop. May she rest in peace.

I have added an extract from my novel, "Just the Echo of a Sigh" to my blog at the following link:

http://jeancollen.wordpress.com/2012/...

I have added the other books I have written and published on Lulu.com to GoodReads today.

I found a slip in my PO Box today to collect a package. It must be "The Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier"! Today is Youth Day in South Africa, so I shall have to contain my excitement until tomorrow!

I own nearly the entire collection of Agatha Christie books so it will take me some time to add them to Good Reads. Agatha Christie's books are a very enjoyable and easy read on a cold winter's afternoon.