Penelope Mortimer

Penelope Mortimer (1918-1999) was the author of nine novels; one collection of short stories; two volumes of memoir, the Whitbread Prize-winning About Time and About Time Too ; and a biography of the Queen Mother. Her screenwriting credits include the script for Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake is Missing (1964), which she co-wrote with her then husband John Mortimer. She was also a film critic for The Observer .

Penelope Mortimer (1918-1999) was the author of nine novels; one collection of short stories; two volumes of memoir, the Whitbread Prize-winning About Time and About Time Too ; and a biography of the Queen Mother. Her screenwriting credits include the script for Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake is Missing (1964), which she co-wrote with her then husband John Mortimer. She was also a film critic for The Observer . See less