Myrna May Combellack is an academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies (in the Charles Thomas era), translator of Beunans Meriasek and author of several works of fiction. She graduated in English from the University of York in 1971. A Place to Stay is the third novel in her highly acclaimed Playing Place series. Academic work 1974: A Survey of Musical Activities in Cornwall (Series: Special reports; no.1). Redruth: Institute of Cornish Studies ISBN 0-903686-05-8 1988: The Camborne Play. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran ISBN 1-85022-039-5 (translation in verse of Beunans Meriasek) Fiction 1989: The Playing Place. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran (novel) 2002: A Fine Place: the Cornish estate. Cornish Fiction 2003: The Permanent History of Penaluna's Van. Cornish Fiction 2004: Cuts in the Face: stories from Cornwall. Cornish Fiction 2005: The Mistress of Grammar [and] Niobe's Tears. Cornish Fiction