Ann Turnbull

British writer

Ann Turnbull (born 1943) is a British writer of fiction for children and young adults.[1] 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 .[2] 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.

Bibliography

Older fiction

Quaker trilogy

Other novels

  • Alice in Love and War (2009)
  • In That Time of Secrets (2018)

Middle years fiction

Pigeon Summer trilogy

  • Pigeon Summer (1992) (published in the United States as Speedwell)
  • No Friend of Mine (1994)
  • Room for a Stranger (1996)

Other novels

  • The Frightened Forest (1974)
  • The Wolf King (1975)
  • Maroo of the Winter Caves (1984)
  • Summer of the Cats (1987)
  • Trouble with Bats (1989)
  • The Lost Spaceship (1990)
  • Deep Water (1996)
  • A Long Way Home (1997)
  • House of Ghosts (2000)
  • Gunner's Boy (2002)
Series contributed to
  • Girls with a Voice (originally Mary Ann and Miss Mozart) (2007) (adopted the current title in 2018)
  • Girls at War (originally Josie Under Fire (2004) (adopted the current title in 2019)

part of the 6 Chelsea Walk series (originally published as Historical House)

Short story collection

  • Greek Myths (2010)

Younger fiction

Novels

  • The Fairy Cow (1998)
  • The Serpent's Cave (2000)

Picture books

  • Never a Witch's Cat (1989)
  • The Queen Cat (1989)
  • The Sandhorse (1989)
  • Make It, Break It (1990)
  • Rob Goes A-Hunting (1990)
  • There's a Monster Under My Bed (1990)
  • A Flying Day (1991)
  • The Tapestry Cats (1992)
  • Too Tired (1993)
  • The Last Wolf (1995)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (1997)

Chapter books

  • Plague: A Cross on the Door (2013)
  • The Great Fire: A City in Flames (2013)
  • The Gunpowder Plot: A Time for Treason (2014)

References

  1. ^ "Ann Turnbull - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "2004 Guardian Children's Fiction prize". Retrieved 26 May 2018.

External links

  • Children and Young Adult Literature portal
  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Ann Turnbull at Library of Congress, with 16 library catalogue records
  • Bibliography
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