Henrietta Branford | |
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| Born | 12 January 1946 |
| Died | 23 April 1999 (aged 53) |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Genres | Children's Fiction |
| Years active | 1986-1999 |
| Notable works | The Fated Sky, Fire, Bed and Bone |
| Notable awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 1998 Fire, Bed and Bone Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1997 Fire, Bed and Bone – Bronze Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1994 Dimanche Diller |
| Spouses | Paul Carter |
Henrietta Diana Primrose Longstaff Branford[1] (12 January 1946 – 23 April 1999) was an English author of children's books. Her greatest success was Fire, Bed and Bone (1997), a historical novel set during the English peasants' revolt of 1381. For that she won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers,[2] and she was a highly commended runner up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[3][a]
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