

The Whispering Knights, illustrated by Gareth Floyd, Heinemann (London, England), 1971, Dutton ( New York, NY), 1976, Mammoth (London, England), 1995. WRITINGS: FOR CHILDRENĪstercote, illustrated by Antony Maitland, Heinemann (London, England), 1970, Dutton ( New York, NY), 1971, Mammoth (London, England), 1996.

AWARDS, HONORS:Ĭhildren's Spring Book Festival Award, Book World, 1973, for The Driftway Carnegie Medal, and Hans Christian Andersen Award list, both 1973, both for The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Whitbread Award, 1976, for A Stitch in Time Booker-McConnell Prize shortlist, 1977, for The Road to Lichfield, and 1984, for According to Mark Southern Arts Literary Prize, 1978, for Nothing Missing but the Samovar and Other Stories Arts Council of Great Britain National Book Award, 1979, for Treasures of Time Whitbread Award shortlist and Booker-McConnell Prize, both 1987, both for Moon Tiger honorary D.Litt., Tufts University, 1990, and Warwick University, 1998 honorary fellow, Swansea University, 2002 Order of the British Empire, 1989, for contributions to literature Commander of the British Empire, 2002 The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, The House in Norham Gardens, A Stitch in Time, and Fanny's Sister were all Horn Book honor books The House in Norham Gardens was an American Library Association Notable Book. Society of Authors, PEN, Royal Society of Literature (fellow). Agent-David Higham Associates, 5-8 Lower John St., Golden Square, London W1F 9HA, England. Hobbies and other interests: Gardening, landscape history, talking, listening.

Lively, Penelope 1933- (Penelope Margaret Lively, Penelope Margaret Low) PERSONAL:īorn March 17, 1933, in Cairo, Egypt daughter of Roger Low (a bank manager) and Vera Greer immigrated to England, 1945 married Jack Lively (a university teacher), Jchildren: Josephine, Adam.
