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'''Margaret Storey''' (born 27th June 1926) is an [[author]] of [[Children's literature|books for children]] and young adults.
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'''Margaret Storey''' is the [[author]] of several [[Children's literature|books for children]]. [[Neil Gaiman]] has cited her as an influence: "Margaret Storey is more or less out of print these days, alas. I loved her when I was about seven or eight, and am looking forward to finding out how much of her stuff has wound up in mine."<ref name="journal">[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2002/05/finished-reading-grimble-to-maddy-last.asp Neil Gaiman's Journal]</ref>


She attended Girton College in Cambridge in 1948 to gain a BA Honours degree in English, and thereafter worked as an English teacher<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kirkpatrick |first=D. L. |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_DBdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1177&lpg=PA1177&dq=keep+running+margaret+storey&source=bl&ots=KYXh0a0s4-&sig=ACfU3U3wYVS5f3towBKugSK8ygZx1HgsFQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1pq3YjqP2AhWzgVwKHT0hBrwQ6AF6BAghEAM#v=onepage&q=keep%20running%20margaret%20storey&f=false |title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers |date=1978-11-10 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-1-349-03648-6 |language=en}}</ref>.
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Her work includes a series based on the adventures of two children, Timothy and Ellen, and a witch named Melinda Farbright: "the real thing - strange and magical, and above all, dangerous"<ref name="journal" /> This series includes the following works:


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[[Neil Gaiman]] has cited her as an influence: "Margaret Storey is more or less out of print these days, alas. I loved her when I was about seven or eight, and am looking forward to finding out how much of her stuff has wound up in mine."<ref name="journal">[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2002/05/finished-reading-grimble-to-maddy-last.asp Neil Gaiman's Journal]</ref>
*''Timothy and Two Witches''
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*''The Stone Wizard'' aka "The Stone Sorcerer"
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*''The Dragon's Sister and Timothy Travels''
*''A Quarrel of Witches''
*''The Sleeping Witch''
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*''A War of Wizards'' (1976)
*''The Double Wizard''


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Her work includes a [[magic realism]] series based on the adventures of two children, Timothy and Ellen, and a witch named Melinda Farbright: "the real thing - strange and magical, and above all, dangerous"<ref name="journal" />
Her books for older children include

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*''Wrong Gear''
*''Timothy and Two Witches'' (1966) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-10-17 |title=Charles W. Stewart |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/charles-w-stewart-9231704.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
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*''Keep Running''
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*''The Stone Wizard'' aka "The Stone Sorcerer" (1967) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart
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*''Pauline''
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*''The Dragon's Sister and Timothy Travels'' (1967) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart
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*''The Mollyday Holiday''
*''A Quarrel of Witches'' (1970 - Illustrated by Doreen Roberts<ref>{{Cite web |last=Art |first=Manchester School of |title=Tigers, caterpillars and other wild things (Monday 16 June — Friday 5 September 2014) |url=http://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2014/tigers-caterpillars-and-other-wild-things/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Manchester School of Art |language=en}}</ref>
*''The Sleeping Witch'' (1971) - Illustrated by Janina Ede<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kirkpatrick |first=D. L. |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_DBdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1177&lpg=PA1177&dq=Janina+Ede+sleeping+witch&source=bl&ots=KYXh0a-q8Z&sig=ACfU3U1aH2KT6NhhComrhw53U_fr756TOw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwismvetiqP2AhXDYMAKHXTVB8oQ6AF6BAghEAM#v=onepage&q=Janina%20Ede%20sleeping%20witch&f=false |title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers |date=1978-11-10 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-1-349-03648-6 |language=en}}</ref>
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*''A War of Wizards'' (1976) - Illustrated by Janina Ede
*''The Double Wizard'' (1979) - Illustrated by June Jackson

She also wrote:
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*''Pauline'' (1965)
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*''Wrong Gear'' (1973)
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*''Keep Running'' (1974)
*''Kate And The Family Tree'' (1965) - illustrated by [[Shirley Hughes]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shirley Hughes (1927-) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Writings, Adaptations, Sidelights |url=https://biography.jrank.org/pages/1531/Hughes-Shirley-1927.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=biography.jrank.org |language=en}}</ref>
*''The Smallest Doll'' (1966) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes
*''The Smallest Bridesmaid'' (1966) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes
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*''The Mollyday Holiday'' (1971) - Illustrated by Janina Ede


''Pauline'', about an orphan forced to live with uncomprehending relatives, has been described as "an astonishingly mature novel for a new writer".<ref>[[Marcus Crouch]], ''The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England, 1945-1970'', Ernest Benn, 1972, p 212.</ref>
''Pauline'', about an orphan forced to live with uncomprehending relatives, has been described as "an astonishingly mature novel for a new writer".<ref>[[Marcus Crouch]], ''The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England, 1945-1970'', Ernest Benn, 1972, p 212.</ref>

Revision as of 19:36, 28 February 2022

Margaret Storey (born 27th June 1926) is an author of books for children and young adults.

She attended Girton College in Cambridge in 1948 to gain a BA Honours degree in English, and thereafter worked as an English teacher[1].

Neil Gaiman has cited her as an influence: "Margaret Storey is more or less out of print these days, alas. I loved her when I was about seven or eight, and am looking forward to finding out how much of her stuff has wound up in mine."[2]

Her work includes a magic realism series based on the adventures of two children, Timothy and Ellen, and a witch named Melinda Farbright: "the real thing - strange and magical, and above all, dangerous"[2]

  • Timothy and Two Witches (1966) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart[3]
  • The Stone Wizard aka "The Stone Sorcerer" (1967) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart
  • The Dragon's Sister and Timothy Travels (1967) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart
  • A Quarrel of Witches (1970 - Illustrated by Doreen Roberts[4]
  • The Sleeping Witch (1971) - Illustrated by Janina Ede[5]
  • A War of Wizards (1976) - Illustrated by Janina Ede
  • The Double Wizard (1979) - Illustrated by June Jackson

She also wrote:

  • Pauline (1965)
  • Wrong Gear (1973)
  • Keep Running (1974)
  • Kate And The Family Tree (1965) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes[6]
  • The Smallest Doll (1966) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes
  • The Smallest Bridesmaid (1966) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes
  • The Mollyday Holiday (1971) - Illustrated by Janina Ede

Pauline, about an orphan forced to live with uncomprehending relatives, has been described as "an astonishingly mature novel for a new writer".[7]

References

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, D. L. (10 November 1978). Twentieth-century Children's Writers. Macmillan International Higher Education. ISBN 978-1-349-03648-6.
  2. ^ a b Neil Gaiman's Journal
  3. ^ "Charles W. Stewart". The Independent. 17 October 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ Art, Manchester School of. "Tigers, caterpillars and other wild things (Monday 16 June — Friday 5 September 2014)". Manchester School of Art. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, D. L. (10 November 1978). Twentieth-century Children's Writers. Macmillan International Higher Education. ISBN 978-1-349-03648-6.
  6. ^ "Shirley Hughes (1927-) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Writings, Adaptations, Sidelights". biography.jrank.org. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ^ Marcus Crouch, The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England, 1945-1970, Ernest Benn, 1972, p 212.


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