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Philippa Pearce

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English children's writer (1920-2006)

United KingdomWritersLived 1920 to 2006 · aged 86
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Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL was an English author of children's books. Best known of those books is the time-slip novel Tom's Midnight Garden, which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject.

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Memorial plaque on Philippa Pearce's former house, 4 Kings Mill Lane, in Great ShelfordMemorial plaque on Philippa Pearce's former house, 4 Kings Mill Lane, in Great Shelford

Awards 3

1996Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1958Carnegie Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Connected to Philippa 6

Renée AshersonAlso in Tom's Midnight Garden (1989)Mel MartinAlso in Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)Simon FentonAlso in Tom's Midnight Garden (1989)Willard CarrollAlso in Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)Noah HuntleyAlso in Tom's Midnight Garden (1989)Caroline CarverAlso in Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)

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Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL was an English author of children's books. Best known of those books is the time-slip novel Tom's Midnight Garden, which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Pearce was a commended runner-up for the Medal a further four times.

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Country
United Kingdom
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2006 · aged 86
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15 languages

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