Myers Literary Guide:
The North-East
 

JAMES HERRIOT (1916 - 1995)

This was the pen-name of James Alfred Wright. Living at Thirsk in North Yorkshire, he became famous for 'vet' books like All Creatures Great and Small. He was born in Sunderland at 111 Brandling Street, but his family left for Glasgow while he was still a baby.

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