Besides The Abbess of Crewe and (*) Memento Mori, this author created Meadows Meade, where Merle Coverdale and Dixie Morso work as typists in a novel which sees Dixie rejected by Humphrey Place at the urging of Dougal Douglas.
In one of this author's stories, a girl named Needle is killed and buried in a haystack, while another focuses on Dafne's relationship with the title animal.   Besides "Bang-Bang You're Dead" and "The Go-Away Bird", Ben chases after Carmelita and Dora because of the literary reputations of their fathers in "The Father's Daughters", which found a sequel in "Open to the Public." Fathers Baudouin and Maximilian are hired by Alexandra in a satire of the Watergate scandal set in a priory, and this author wrote of how Guy Leet, who had an affair with Charmian Colston, is denied Lisa Brooke's estate because she was blackmailed by Mrs. Pettigrew. Besides The Abbess of Crewe and (*) Memento Mori, this author created Meadows Meade, where Merle Coverdale and Dixie Morso work as typists in a novel which sees Dixie rejected by Humphrey Place at the urging of Dougal Douglas. Another of this author's novels sees the title character fall in love with Mr. Lloyd and teach girls such as Mary Macgregor, Rose Stanley, and Sandy Stranger. For 10 points, name this British author of The Ballad of Peckham Rye and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
In one of this author's stories, a girl named Needle is killed and buried in a haystack, while another focuses on Dafne's relationship with the title animal.   
Dame Muriel {Spark}