Jill Paton Walsh

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born

April 29, 1937 in London, The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://www.greenbay.co.uk

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Jill Paton Walsh was born Gillian Bliss in London on April 29th, 1937. She was educated at St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley, and at St. Anne's College, Oxford. From 1959 to 1962 she taught English at Enfield Girls' Grammar School.

Jill Paton Walsh has won the Book World Festival Award, 1970, for Fireweed; the Whitbread Prize, 1974 (for a Children's novel) for The Emperor's Winding Sheet; The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award 1976 for Unleaving; The Universe Prize, 1984 for A Parcel of Patterns; and the Smarties Grand Prix, 1984, for Gaffer Samson's Luck.

Series:
* Imogen Quy
* Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane

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Books by Jill Paton Walsh

Average rating: 3.64 · 3,575 ratings · 638 reviews · 48 distinct works

	The Attenbury Emeralds 3.62 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Knowledge of Angels 4.00 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Green Book by Jill Paton Walsh, Lloyd Bloom (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1982 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A Parcel Of Patterns 3.75 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	My rating:
	A Desert in Bohemia 3.67 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Bad Quarto 3.57 avg rating — 65 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Piece of Justice (An Imogen Quy, #2) 3.53 avg rating — 72 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Wyndham Case 3.42 avg rating — 77 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Debts of Dishonor 3.25 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Fireweed 3.68 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Imogen Quy (4 books)
by Jill Paton Walsh

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“The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why there are no wicked stepchildren in the tales.”
― Jill Paton Walsh

tags: folklore , stepchildren , wicked

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