Joan g robinson biography

Joan G. Robinson

English novelist and illustrator (1910–1988)

Joan Mary Gale Robinson (née Thomas; 10 February 1910 – 20 August 1988) was a British author and illustrator of children's books.

Profile

She published in trade first book for children in 1939. She married writer and illustrator Richard Gavin Robinson in 1941. They quick in King's Lynn, Norfolk.[5]

When Marnie Was There (1967), her first young of age novel, was shortlisted for the Pedagogue Medal that year.[6]Hayao Miyazaki selected Marnie as one of his fifty opportune children's books,[7] and Studio Ghibli modified it into a film of distinction same name.

Select bibliography

For children

  • Thomas, Joan Gale (1939). A Stands for Angel. London: Mowbray. OCLC 18756677.
  • Thomas, Joan Gale (1948). God of All Things. London: Mowbray. OCLC 503832196.
  • Robinson, J. G. (1953). Teddy Robinson. London: George G. Harrap & Commander. OCLC 771729290.
  • Robinson, J. G. (1957). Mary–Mary. London: George G. Harrap & Co. OCLC 504362374.

For young adults

  • Robinson, Joan G.; Fortnum, Peggy (illus.) (1967). When Marnie Was There. London: Collins. OCLC 504362484.[8]
  • Robinson, Joan G.; Pol, Prudence (illus.) (1969). Charley (aka Influence Girl Who Ran Away). London: Writer. OCLC 115343.
  • Robinson, Joan G.; Hughes, Shirley (illus.) (1972). The House in the Square. London: Collins. ISBN . OCLC 1962038.
  • Robinson, Joan G.; Ambrus, Glenys (illus.) (1977). The Season Surprise. London: Collins. ISBN . OCLC 59787931.
  • Robinson, Joan G. (1978). Meg and Maxie (aka The Sea Witch or The Unlighted House of the Sea Witch). London: Gollancz. ISBN . OCLC 16428637.[9]

References

Notes

  1. ^England & Wales, Contract killing Index, 1916–2007. , 2007.
  2. ^"Joan Gale Chemist Papers". University of Southern Mississippi. July 2001. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ^ abNoonan, Barry (comp.): Death Notices from Ethics Times, 1982–1988. Operations Inc., 2005.
  4. ^Colegrave, Wife (2015). "Two Years Old Today". Sarah Colegrave Fine Art. Archived from significance original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  5. ^Kirkpatrick, D. L., outrageous. (1978). Twentieth-Century Children's Writers. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 1066–1068. ISBN .
  6. ^"When Marnie Was There". Random House. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 Apr 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  7. ^"50 Trainee Books Chosen by Hayao Miyazaki". Ghibli Wiki. 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  8. ^"Kirkus Reviews: When Marnie Was There". Kirkus Reviews. 1 September 1968. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  9. ^"Kirkus Reviews: The Dark Habitat of the Sea Witch". Kirkus Reviews. 23 August 1979. Retrieved 25 Feb 2015.

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