Ursula Jones

Ursula Jones
Born1939 (age 84–85)[1]
St John's Wood, London, England
OccupationActor, author
NationalityBritish
GenreChildren's fiction
Years active1963–present
Notable worksThe Witch's Children and the Queen
Notable awards
Website
www.ursulajones.co.uk

Ursula Jones is a British actor and author of children's fiction. Her picture book The Witch's Children and the Queen won a gold Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, and the sequel The Witch's Children Go to School won the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize.[2][3]

Her elder sister was the children's fantasy author, Diana Wynne Jones. After Diana Wynne Jones's death, Jones completed her unfinished manuscript, The Islands of Chaldea.[4][5] The book was a finalist in the Mythopoeic Awards.

As an actor, she worked with Alan Ayckbourn, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and briefly played Elsie Duckworth in Coronation Street.[6]

  1. ^ Wynne Jones, Diana. "Chrestomanci Castle: Something About the Author". The Diana Wynne Jones Homepage, or Travels in the Land of Ingary. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ Pauli, Michelle (3 December 2003). "Debut wins Smarties gold medal". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Roald Dahl Funny Prize". BookTrust. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ Flood, Alison (24 June 2013). "Diana Wynne Jones's final book completed by sister". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ Page, Benedicte (21 June 2013). "HCB to publish posthumous Diana Wynne Jones tale". The Bookseller. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  6. ^ Murgatroyd, Simon. "December Bee". Alan Ayckbourn: The official blog. Retrieved 15 June 2021.