British author of children's novels (born 1935)
Sheena Porter (born 1935) is a British author of children's novels. She won the 1964 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising Nordy Bank as the year's best children's book by a British subject.[1]
Sheena Porter has worked as a librarian in Leicester, Nottingham and Shropshire, and currently lives in Ludlow.
Her work is particularly notable for its atmosphere and characterization. It has a feeling for landscape, often portraying actual places, especially in the high country of the Welsh Marches, such as Nordy Bank, and the Long Mynd in The Knockers.[2] She also weaves the history and folklore of the region into her narratives.[3]
Selected works
- The Bronze Chrysanthemum (1961), illustrated by Shirley Hughes
- Hills and Hollows (1962), illus. Victor Ambrus
- Jacobs' Ladder (1963), illus. Ambrus
- Nordy Bank (1964), illus. Annette Macarthur-Onslow
- The Knockers (1965), illus. Gareth Floyd
- Deerfold (1966), illus. Ambrus
- The Scapegoat (1968), illus. Doreen Roberts
- The Valley of Carrig-Wen (1971), illus. Roberts
- The Hospital (1973), illus. Robin Jacques
References
- ^
(Carnegie Winner 1964) Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- ^ Marcus Crouch, The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England 1945–1970, Ernest Benn, 1972, pp. 155–56.
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"Sheena Porter" Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. Updated 14 September 2003. Literary Heritage: West Midlands (literaryheritage.org.uk). Shropshire County Council. Digital Midlands.
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