Jill Paton Walsh read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, and became a writer at the age of 26. In 1994, her novel
Knowledge of Angels was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Jill's many books for children include
Fireweed (winner of the Whitbread Prize) and
Gaffer Samson's Luck (winner of the Smarties Grand Prix). She lives in Cambridge.
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