Gillian White (writer)

Gillian White (1945-2020; pen name, Georgina Fleming) was a British novelist and former journalist, several of whose works were adapted for television.

[1] She was born on 6 February 1945 in Streatham, south London, and was adopted as a baby by Ted and Lily Smith of Wirral, Merseyside, where she grew up.

She had a difficult childhood, was expelled from three schools, and ran away to London, where a social worker helped her to obtain a job as a junior reporter on a newspaper in Harlow, Essex.

[1] Her fourth book, Rich Deceiver (1992) was adapted for television in two parts by the BBC in 1995, directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Lesley Dunlop and John McCardle.

[1][2] White's obituary in The Guardian said that "Jealousy, revenge, greed and despair motivated Gill's characters, and she also examined class conflict, dysfunctional families, domestic violence, poverty and lack of opportunity in society.