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Jane Gardam

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British novelist and children's writer (1928-2025)

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Jane Mary Gardam was an English writer of children's and adult fiction and literary critic. She also penned reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph and wrote for BBC Radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon and Yorkshire. She won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice.

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2009Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2005Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
1991Phoenix Award
1975Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize
Costa Book Awards
David Higham Prize for Fiction

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Jane Mary Gardam was an English writer of children's and adult fiction and literary critic. She also penned reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph and wrote for BBC Radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon and Yorkshire. She won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2005.

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United Kingdom
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1928 to 2025 · aged 96
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