Editing Mary Wesley (section)

===Novels===
She wrote three children's books, ''Speaking Terms'' and ''The Sixth Seal'' (both 1969) and ''Haphazard House'' (1983), before publishing adult fiction. Since her first adult novel was published only in 1983, when she was 71, she may be regarded as a [[late bloomer]]. The publication of ''[[Jumping the Queue]]'' in 1983 was the beginning of an intensely creative period of Wesley's life. From 1982 to 1991, she wrote and delivered seven novels. While she aged from 70 to 79 she still showed the focus and drive of a young person.

Her best-known book, ''[[The Camomile Lawn]]'', set in the West Penwith area near St Buryan, although filmed on the [[Roseland Peninsula]] in [[Cornwall, United Kingdom|Cornwall]], was turned into a [[The Camomile Lawn (TV serial)|television series]], and is an account of the intertwining lives of three families in rural England during [[World War II]]. After ''The Camomile Lawn'' (1984) came ''[[Harnessing Peacocks]]'' (1985 and as a TV film in 1992), ''[[The Vacillations of Poppy Carew]]'' (1986 and filmed in 1995), ''[[Not That Sort of Girl]]'' (1987), ''[[Second Fiddle (1988 novel)|Second Fiddle]]'' (1988), ''[[A Sensible Life]]'' (1990), ''[[A Dubious Legacy]]'' (1992), ''[[An Imaginative Experience]]'' (1994) and ''[[Part of the Furniture]]'' (1997). A book about the West Country with photographer Kim Sayer, ''[[Part of the Scenery]]'', was published in 2001. Asked why she had stopped writing fiction at the age of 84, she replied: "If you haven't got anything to say, don't say it."<ref>Marnham 2006, p. 8.</ref>

In March 2024, it was announced Wesley's literary estate had been acquired by the [[London]]-headquartered company, International Literary Properties (ILP), for an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Literary Properties acquires Mary Wesley's literary estate |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/international-literary-properties-acquires-mary-wesleys-literary-estate |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref>