Was Enid Blyton a friend of other authors?

[Kitty]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Anita. I'd agree that the ending is the weakest spot. I think what I love about it is that I come to like all the girls (just), and I relish the details of their lives while they are all enjoying their first freedoms from home, finding out who they are - choosing recipes, filling their days, learning to live together, etc. I'd forgotten all about Miss Crabingway's attitude towards her age - I hope society at large didn't see it that way, and it was just another eccentricity on her part...

[Anita Bensoussane]

I relish the details of their lives while they are all enjoying their first freedoms from home, finding out who they are - choosing recipes, filling their days, learning to live together, etc.

Yes, the little details are lovely. Have to say I sympathised with Caroline's liking for stodgy puddings!

Anita

[pete9012S]

I don't think that Enid even knew many of her illustrators all that well, in those days the publisher was responsible for getting the illustrators and I think Enid approved (or disapproved!) from a distance.

Sadly, I don't suppose Enid ever had the pleasure of meeting Betty Maxey either..