About
Pelham McMahon is a former teacher and drama coach, who became an author and playwright in her 50s.
In 2000, she published a book entitled An Actor's Place, which was a comprehensive and fully illustrated history of the Liverpool Playhouse, and took five years to research.
She has been a prolific writer of performance dramas during the last 30 years, including Scandalous Women (2001), Grandmothers Are Great (1999) and Luck Of The Draw (1995), and more recently The Human Garden (2015) and Our Bessie (2011).
More recently, she has started writing fiction novels, including Platinum Ten, an evocative book dealing with social problems in the military, and the Cranford Hall novels, which are all available to buy from Amazon.
She also writes a blog and regularly posts on Twitter and Facebook.
In 2000, she published a book entitled An Actor's Place, which was a comprehensive and fully illustrated history of the Liverpool Playhouse, and took five years to research.
She has been a prolific writer of performance dramas during the last 30 years, including Scandalous Women (2001), Grandmothers Are Great (1999) and Luck Of The Draw (1995), and more recently The Human Garden (2015) and Our Bessie (2011).
More recently, she has started writing fiction novels, including Platinum Ten, an evocative book dealing with social problems in the military, and the Cranford Hall novels, which are all available to buy from Amazon.
She also writes a blog and regularly posts on Twitter and Facebook.
Pelham's biggest influences:
- Ormskirk Writers & Literary Society (OWLS) - Their membership gave her the courage to explore imaginative writing.
- Ormskirk Historical Society - Their membership fed her love of local history and led her to write about the Liverpool Playhouse.
- National Trust - Stewardship at Rufford Old Hall was an absolute joy.
- Annual Conference on Playwriting at Birmingham University, set up by David Edgar - David was a great help during Pelham's time with the Theatre Writers Union. He is the former President of the Writers' Guild.
- Having to overcome dyslexia.