Elisabeth Beresford (1926–2010)
Autor(a) de The Wombles
About the Author
Elisabeth Beresford was born in Paris, France on August 6, 1926. During World War II, she served as a radio operator in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a ghost writer, specializing in speeches, and as a journalist. During her lifetime, she wrote mostrar mais about 100 books including Escape to Happiness, A Tropical Affair, and A Passionate Adventure for adults and Danger on the Old Pull 'n Push, The Hidden Mill, and the Magic series for children. She is best known for creating the Wombles of Wimbledon Common. The first book in the series, The Wombles, was published in 1968 and soon afterward, it was made into an animated series. She wrote over 20 Wombles books. She also wrote two TV series, Seven Days to Sydney and Come to the Caribbean. She was awarded an MBE for services to children's literature in the 1998. She died of heart failure on December 24, 2010 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Elisabeth Beresford
Womble Winterland and Other Stories: The Ghost of Wimbledon Common/Orinoco the Magnificent/Womble Winterland (Wombles) (1999) 6 exemplares
The Wombles go to the seaside 4 exemplares
Diana in Television 3 exemplares
Doubleday Romance Library #21: The Paid Piper, Stephanie, Paradise Island (1968) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
The World of the Wombles 2 exemplares
The Wombles: Tobermory on TV DVD 2 exemplares
Cocky and the missing castle 2 exemplares
Fashion Girl 2 exemplares
Doubleday Romance Library #10. The Savage Aristocrat, The Ardent Suitor, Island of Shadows. (1980) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
The Oscar Puffin Book 1 exemplar
The Wombles: 35th Anniversary collection 1 exemplar
Knights of the Cardboard Castle 1 exemplar
King Lehr 1 exemplar
Doubleday Romance Library # ?. Escape to Happiness, The Varleigh Medallion, Moment of Magic (1979) 1 exemplar
De kasteelkinderen knappen het op 1 exemplar
El misterio de la montaña negra 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Robertson, Elisabeth (married name)
- Data de nascimento
- 1928-08-06
- Data de falecimento
- 2010-12-24
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- England
UK - Local de nascimento
- Paris, France
- Local de falecimento
- Alderney, Channel Islands
- Locais de residência
- South London, England, UK
- Educação
- Brighton and Hove High School
- Ocupações
- children's book author
- Relações
- Robertson, Max (husband)
Beresford, J D (father)
Farjeon, Eleanor (god-mother)
Day-Lewis, Cecil (god-father)
de la Mare, Walter (god-father)
Brandel, Marc (brother) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Order of the British Empire (Member, 1998)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 109
- Membros
- 1,290
- Popularidade
- #19,888
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 17
- ISBN
- 208
- Línguas
- 3
- Marcado como favorito
- 2