Barbara Willard

Barbara Willard
Born12 March 1909
Brighton, England
Died18 February 1994 (1994-02-19) (aged 84)
Wivelsfield, England
Occupationnovelist
NationalityBritish
Notable worksThe Richleighs of Tantamount (1966)
Notable awardsGuardian Children's Fiction Prize (1973)
Relatives

Barbara Mary Willard (12 March 1909 – 18 February 1994)[1] was a British novelist best known for children's historical fiction. Her "Mantlemass Chronicles" is a family saga set in 15th to 17th-century England. For one chronicle, The Iron Lily (1973), she won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a book award judged by panel of British children's writers.[2]

  1. ^ Nicholas Tucker (22 February 1994). "Obituary: Barbara Willard". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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