Aileen Armitage

Aileen Armitage
Born1930 (age 95–96)
Alma materHull University
Known forbeing depicted in
Wide-Eyed and Legless
and Lost for Words
Spouses
Peter Quigley
(m. 1954, divorced)
(m. 1990; died 2013)
Children4 children and 2 stepchildren
Writing career
Pen name
  • Ruth Fabian
  • Erica Lindley
  • Aileen Quigley
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical novel

Aileen Longden (pen names Ruth Fabian, Erica Lindley, Aileen Quigley and better known by her maiden name Aileen Armitage) is a British writer and public speaker. She is the author of more than thirty-five historical novels. She is partially-sighted and legally blind.