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Barbara Willard
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'''Barbara Willard''', a
United Kingdom British historical/children's author, was born in
Brighton,
Sussex in
1909, daughter of a
Shakespearean actor. Her literary career spawned a great number of books for adults before she turned to
children's literature. In
1967, the same year her earlier ''
The Richleighs of Tantamount'' debuted in the
United States, she published ''
A Grove of Green Holly'', from which
spinoff spun off her most famous series of books, ''
Mantlemass''. One of the books in this series, ''
The Iron Lily'', won Willard
the Guardian Award for children's fiction in
1974.
Other books from Willard included ''
Storm from the West'' (
1964), ''
Charity at Home'' (
1966), ''
Hetty'' (
1963) and ''
Three and One to Carry'' (
1965). (Years shown are those for the North American first editions of these books.)
Very little about the author was written during her lifetime, because of her private nature. She died in her native land in
1994.
See also
J. K. Rowling, author of the bestselling ''
Harry Potter'' series.
References
Biography on Barbara Willard by
Belinda Copson, ''
Folly Magazine'' No. 27 (
1999) [http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/history.html ].
Category:1909 births Willard, Barbara
Category:1994 deaths Willard, Barbara
Category:English children's writers Willard, Barbara
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