Ann Philippa Pearce OBE (b. Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 23 January 1920; d. Durham, 21 December 2006) was an English children's author. Born in 1920, the youngest of four children, she was brought up in the Mill House in the village of Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. Starting school late at the age of eight because of illness, she went to the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, and went on to Girton College, Cambridge, … Wikipedia
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Her book, Tom's Midnight Garden, was a bestseller. Was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 1993. Was appointed OBE in 1997 for her services to children's literature. www.imdb.com/name/nm0669002/