Turnbull, Ann

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Turnbull, Ann
Other forms of name
Turnbull, Ann, 1943-
Date of birth
1943-08-22
Place of birth
Hertford (England)
Place of residence/headquarters
Shropshire (England)
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 85326254
Wikidata: Q4766714
Library of congress: n 82247623
TAU10: 000404880
Sources of Information
  • Her Maroo of the winter caves, c1984:CIP t.p. (Ann Turnbull)
  • LC data base, 2-9-84(hdg.: Turnbull, Ann)
  • No friend of mine, 1995:CIP t.p. (Ann Turnbull) pub. info. (Ann Christine Nicol Turnbull; b. 08-22-43; res. in England)
  • Ann Turnbull, via WWW, Oct. 28, 2011(b. in Hertford, England, brought up in Bexleyheath; married and living in Shropshire)
  • Wikipedia, via WWW, Oct. 28, 2011(a British writer of fiction for children and young adults)

Wikipedia description:

Ann Turnbull (born 1943) is a British writer of fiction for children and young adults. Her work includes Pigeon Summer, a novel set in a Midlands mining town during the Great Depression of the 1930s which is about a young girl named Mary Dyer, and No Shame, No Fear, a novel for young adults that depicts the persecution of Quakers during the 1660s, and is set in both Shropshire and London and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Pigeon Summer was nominated for the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and No Shame, No Fear was nominated for the Whitbread Book Award. She has written a number of picture books but the best known is The Sand Horse which is illustrated by Michael Foreman.

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