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.
Stella Jones (writer) country with the play. The play was one of the first New Zealand plays to reach a wide audience, and was praised by critics. "The New Zealand Herald" newspaper wrote that it was a "compelling and first-class piece of work". Later in her career Jones wrote radio plays, including the acclaimed "Between Seasons" (1965) and "Julia's Day" (1972). She also published two papers in the "Auckland-Waikato Historical Journal" in 1979 and 1980, analysing her father's contributions to the development of newspapers in New Zealand. Stella Jones (writer) Stella Marjorie Jones (née Claridge, 5 April 1904 – 6 June 1991) was