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Lucy M. Boston

English children's writer (1892-1990) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 98

Lucy Maria Boston was an English novelist who wrote for children and adults, publishing her work entirely after the age of 60. She is best known for her Green Knowe series: six low fantasy children's novels published by Faber between 1954 and 1976.

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Awards

Carnegie Medal1961

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The setting is Green Knowe, an old country manor house based on Boston's Cambridgeshire home at Hemingford Grey. For the fourth book in the series, A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961), she won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1990 · aged 98

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