Born
16 March 1928
Died
24 March 2010
Works
24
An English writer of children's literature. He was born and spent most of his life in Yorkshire, where many of his books are set. He received the 1957 Carnegie Medal for A Grass Rope.
The patchwork cat
William Mayne
Drift
Earthfasts
The mouse and the egg
The battlefield
Low Tide
A house in town
A swarm in May
The Jersey shore
The twelve dancers
A grass rope
Underground alley
Ravensgill
Sand
The Fairy Tales of London Town
The incline
Plot night
Ghosts
A year and a day
It
The Hamish Hamilton book of queens
The blue boat
Pandora