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Jill Paton Walsh

Jill Paton Walsh was an English author renowned for her Booker prize-nominated novel Knowledge of Angels. She is also recognized for co-authoring the Peter Wimsey–Harriet Vane mystery series with Dorothy L. Sayers. Born Gillian Honorine Mary Herbert, she was married to Nicholas Herbert, 3rd Baron Hemingford, which granted her the title of Baroness Hemingford or The Lady Hemingford. She attended St. Anne’s College, Oxford, graduating in 1959. In 1996, Jill was honored with the CBE for her contributions to literature, and in 1998, she received the Phoenix Award from the Children’s Literature Association for her work A Chance Child.

Jill Paton Walsh became a published novelist in 1965 with the novel Wordhoard: Anglo-Saxon Stories (With: Kevin Crossley-Holland). Below is a list of Jill Paton Walsh's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Goldengrove Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Goldengrove (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unleaving (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Gripping Tales Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Birdy and the Ghosties (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thomas and the Tinners (With: Alan Marks) (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Imogen Quy Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Wyndham Case (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Piece of Justice (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Debts of Dishonor (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bad Quarto (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Hengest's Tale (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fireweed (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dolphin Crossing (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Farewell, Great King (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Emperor's Winding Sheet (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Butty Boy / The Huffler (With: Juliette Palmer) (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Walls of Athens (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Chance Child (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Children of the Fox (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Parcel of Patterns (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lost and Found (With: Mary Rayner) (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lapsing (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Torch (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A School for Lovers (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Grace (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Knowledge of Angels (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Serpentine Cave (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Desert in Bohemia (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Island Sunrise: Prehistoric Britain (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Wordhoard: Anglo-Saxon Stories (With: Kevin Crossley-Holland) (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
When Grandma Came (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pepi and the Secret Names (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Connie Came to Play (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When I Was Little Like You (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Chapbooks Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Dawnstone (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Toolmaker (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crossing to Salamis (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Persian Gold (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Green Book / Shine (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Babylon (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gaffer Samson's Luck (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Five Tides (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Can I Play Jenny Jones? (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Can I Play Wolf? (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Can I Play Queenie? (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Matthew and the Sea Singer (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Baker's Dozen of Stories for Young People (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Travellers in Time: Past, Present, and to Come (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Out of Time (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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