Nina Mary Bawden CBE, FRSL, JP was an English novelist and children's writer. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987 and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award. Wikipedia
Born: January 19, 1925, Ilford, United Kingdom
Died: August 22, 2012 (age 87 years), London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Austen Kark (m. 1954)
Children: Perdita Kark and Nicholas Bawden
Awards: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Phoenix Award
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