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Biographical note
Nina Bawden (1925-2012), CBE, was one of Britain's most distinguished and best-loved novelists, both for adults and children (Peppermint Pig and Carrie's War being among her most famous books for young people). She has published over forty novels and an autobiography, In My Own Time. She was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit and her novel Family Money was filmed by Channel 4, starring Claire Boom and June Whitfield. In 2004 she received the S. T. Dupont Golden Pen Award for a Lifetime's Contribution to Literature.A <b>born story-teller</b>, a gift as evident in this autobiography as in her novels
Independent
A joy
- David Holloway, Daily Telegraph
There is much in this delightful book about the business of being an author
Sunday Telegraph
... casts light on the perennially fascinating relationship between the life and works of a writer
Sunday Express
Bawden's observationsrestrained, expressive, often movingwill be best appreciated by those who share her love for the written word and by readers still not sated by her many fine book
Kirkus Reviews
A born story-teller, a gift as evident in this autobiography as in her novels.
INDEPENDENT
A joy.
David Holloway, DAILY TELEGRAPH
There is much in this delightful book about the business of being an author.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
casts light on the perennially fascinating relationship between the life and works of a writer.
SUNDAY EXPRESS