Philippa Pearce
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Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel Tom's Midnight Garden, which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as the year's outstanding children's book by a... Wikipedia
Born: January 22, 1920, Great Shelford, United Kingdom
Died: December 21, 2006 (age 86 years), Durham, United Kingdom
Spouse: Martin Christie (m. 1962–1964)
Parents: Gertrude Alice Ramsden and Ernest Alexander Pearce
Notable awards: Carnegie Medal; 1958