Books by Jill Patton Walsh

Jill Paton Walsh
Contributor residences (city, state or country if outside the US or Canada): Jill Paton Walsh was born in London and was educated at Oxford. She currently lives in Cambridge where, with John Rowe Townsend, she runs a small specialist imprint "Green Bay Publications." She is the author of many award-winning books for children. She won the Book World Festival Award in 1970 for FIREWEED; the Whitbread Prize in 1974 for THE EMPEROR'S WINDING SHEET; the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 1976 for UNLEAVING; the Universe Prize in 1984 for A PARCEL OF PATTERNS and the Smarties Prize Grand Prix in 1986 for GAFFER SAMSON'S LUCK.