Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020)
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Jill Paton Walsh was born Gillian Bliss on April 29, 1937 in London. She graduated from St. Anne's College in Oxford. She taught at the Enfield Girls' Grammar School for three years and was a permanent visiting faculty member for the Center for Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston, visa mer Massachusetts. She was also an adjunct British board member of Children's Literature New England. She has written more than 15 books for children. She has won numerous awards including the Book World Festival Award for Fireweed in 1970, the Whitbread Prize for The Emperor's Winding Sheet in1974, the Universe Prize for A Parcel of Patterns in 1984, and the Smarties Grand Prix for Gaffer Samson's Luck in 1984. She has also written adult novels, including completing an unfinished Dorothy Sayers manuscript. Her adult works include Knowledge of Angels, The Serpentine Cave, and A School for Lovers. She is the author of the Imogen Quy Mystery series and the Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery series. She was elected as fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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The Green Book 7 exemplar
As my Wimsey takes me 1 exemplar
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The Scold's Bridle 1 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Walsh, Jill Paton
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Paton Walsh, Gillian Bliss
Bliss, Gillian (meisjesnaam) - Födelsedag
- 1937-04-29
- Avled
- 2020-10-18
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- North Finchley, London, England, UK
- Dödsort
- Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Utbildning
- St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley
University of Oxford (St Anne's College) - Yrken
- author
teacher - Relationer
- Townsend, John Rowe (husband)
Paton Walsh, Anthony (former husband)
Bliss, Christopher (brother) - Organisationer
- Simmons College
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1996)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature - Kort biografi
- Born Gillian Bliss in London on 25 April 1937. Educated at St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley, and at St. Anne's College, Oxford. In 1961 she married Anthony Paton Walsh, who died in 2003. In 2004 she married writer John Rowe Townsend, who died in 2014. Her books included fiction for children and teenagers, crime fiction (including additional books about Dorothy L Sayers' character Lord Peter Wimsey) and other novels. She was a 'permanent visiting faculty member' of the Centre for Children's Literature, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts from 1978 to 1986. In 1996 she received the CBE for services to literature, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She died in October 2020.
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