Joan Mary Wayne Brown

Mary Gervaise, Hilary Wayne and Bellamy Brown was the pseudonym of Joan Mary Wayne Brown, a prolific writer of romance novels ^[1] and books for girls, publishing over 70 books. ^[2] She was born on 21 April 1906 and died on 26 April 1998. A bout of anaemia caused her to pursue writing at the age of 18, rather than attending college. ^[3]

Her children's books were written as Mary Gervaise. Most of them are school stories, but the Georgia and Belinda series are pony books.

Bibliography

As Bellamy Brown

• Sweet And Kind (1947)
• Gay Experiment (1949)
• The Brightness of Day (1949)
• Life Comes To Caroline (1950)
• So Many Counsellors (1951)
• It Happened to Hilary (1952)
• The Lamp In The Room (1953)
• The Fair One (1954)
• When Love Is Green (1955)
• Moonlight, Starlight (1956)
• The Innocent Flower (1957)
• Wish For A Whirlwind (1958)
• Dangerous Destiny (1959)
• The Proud Giants (1959)
• Wild Legacy (1960)
• Solitaire (1962)
• Strange Melody (1964)
• One A Nurse (1965)
• Beware of Loving (1966)
• The Country Door (1969)

As Mary Gervaise

Georgia Series

• A Pony of Your Own (1950)
• Ponies And Holidays (1950)
• Ponies In Clover (1952)
• Ponies and Mysteries (1953)
• Pony From the Farm (1954)
• The Pony Clue (1955)
• Pony Island (1957)
• The Vanishing Pony (1958)
• Puzzle Of Ponies (1964)
• The Secret of Pony Pass (1965)

Belinda Series

• A Pony for Belinda (1959)
• Belinda Rides To School (1960)
• Belinda's Other Pony (1961)
• Belinda Wins Her Spurs (1962)

Farthingale Series

• Fireworks At Farthingale (1954)
• The Farthingale Feud (1957)
• The Farthingale Fete (1958)
• The Farthingale Find (1961)

Other books

• Don-Margery Schoolgirl (1928)
• The Fourth-and Fenella (1928)
• Tiger's First Term (1928)
• A Term on Trial (1929)
• Form Two of Rock House (1929)
• Nancy No-Good at School (1929)
• Ray at Greenwater (1930)
• That Imp Miranda (1930)
• The School on The Hill (1930)
• Topsy the Terrible (1930)
• Miranda at Merryfield (1931)
• Tam at the Gables (1931)
• Captain Miranda (1932)
• Marigold and Dandelion (1932)
• The Twins In The Third (1932)
• Nutmeg at School (1933)
• The Keppelthwaite Mystery (1933)
• The Little Red Car (1933)
• Pat of Patricks (1934)
• The Black Castle Mystery (1934)
• Joan Finds a Way (1935)
• Mysterious Sally (1935)
• Nepeta’s First Term (1936)
• Penelope, Pickles and Pam (1936)
• The Secret of Primrose Cove (1936)
• Pat in the Fifth (1937)
• The Isle of Mystery (1937)
• The Dauntless Clan (1938)
• The Distance Enchanted (1938)
• Two In A Tangle (1938)
• The Jade Image (1939)
• The Two Veronicas (1939)
• Caroline Crusoe (1941)
• The Rainbow Comes (1944)
• A Guest From France (1946)
• Jane Grows Up (1947)
• A Year with Jennifer (1949)
• Five Tigers and a Mouse (1949)
• The Seventh Sanderson (1949)
• Golden Path Adventure (1953)
• Biddy Makes Her Mark (1956)
• The Secret of Golden Path (1956)
• Golden Path Pets (1957)
• Strangers at Golden Path (1958)
• Mandy, Dandy & Co (1962)
• The Painted Swan (1962)
• Lucy In Luck (1963)
• The Proving Of A Paragon (1964)

As Hilary Wayne

• Two Odd Soldiers (1946)
• Tickletoby (1949)
• Vainglorious (1950)
• The Backward Glance (1953)
• Flame of the Forest (1954)
• Flower of the Night (1955)
• No Star Is Lost (1956)
• The Beckoning Rose (1956)
• Candle In the Sun (1957)
• Isle of Whispers (1959)
• Reckless Heart (1959)
• Love Is A Talisman (1961)
• River Of Pearls (1962)
• The Secret Bird (1962)
• Cross My Heart (1963)
• The Crooked Rainbow (1970)
• Love Lost The Way (1970)
• Perilous Freedom (1972)

References

1. The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record. Publishers' Circular. 1958. p. 218. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
2. Ponymad Book Lovers. "Mary Gervais" . Retrieved 12 April 2011.
3. Jane Badger Books. "Mary Gervaise". Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

Further reading

• The Encyclopaedia of Girls’ School Stories, edited by Hilary Clare and Sue Sims, volume 2, page 151