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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>
Independent
Nina Bawden has always presented such ingratiating characters that you wonder, distantly, at her interest in Anna, and question, equally, the lack of seeming definition in her story until you realize that it's all a deception
Kirkus Reviews
Throughout her career Bawden has concentrated on the careful depiction of character, feelings and behaviour
Guardian
Nina Bawden, CBE, one of Britain's most distinguished novelists both for children and adults, "is a born story-teller"
Independent