Author
George Layton has written three books of fictional short stories, entitled The Fib and Other Stories, The Swap and Other Stories and The Trick and Other Stories. The tales describe family life in the North of England in the post-World War II era. The books have been part of the National Curriculum in British schools, and film versions are in the work. Myles McDowell quotes Layton's The Balaclava Story as an example of how adults are often mostly absent from children's fiction.
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