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Philippa Pearce
English children's writer (1920-2006) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 86
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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Pearce was a commended runner-up for the Medal a further four times.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2006 · aged 86
