Stella Gibbons Society of Literature in 1950. Her style has been praised by critics for its charm, barbed humour and descriptive skill, and has led to comparison with Jane Austen. The impact of "Cold Comfort Farm" dominated her career, and she grew to resent her identification with the book to the exclusion of the rest of her output. Widely regarded as a one-work novelist, she and her works have not been accepted into the canon of English literature—partly, other writers have suggested, because of her detachment from the literary world and her tendency to mock it. The Gibbons family originated in Ireland.
Jorge Franco (writer) Jorge Franco (writer) Jorge Franco Ramos (born 1962 in Medellín) is a writer from Colombia, known primarily for his novel "Rosario Tijeras," which has been adapted for film and television. Son of Olga Stella Ramos and Humberto Franco, Jorge Franco Ramos studied film at the London Film School and literature at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, but did not finish his studies. He began his writing career in 1991 and obtained his first award, the Pedro Gómez Valderrama, in 1996 for the short story collection "Maldito amor" (Cursed love). His first novel, "Mala noche" (Bad night), won the national