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Philippa Pearce

1920 - 2006

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Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL (22 January 1920 – 21 December 2006) was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel Tom's Midnight Garden, which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Pearce was a commended runner-up for the Medal a further four times. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippa Pearce is the 6,160th most popular writer (down from 6,013th in 2019), the 5,243rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,874th in 2019) and the 574th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philippa Pearce ranks 6,160 out of 7,302. Before her are Giuseppe Berto, John Barbour, Dick Cavett, Colum McCann, Edith Hamilton, and Simon Sebag Montefiore. After her are Lee Strobel, Oliver Friggieri, Lawrence Venuti, Pia Tafdrup, Tony Hillerman, and M. H. Abrams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Philippa Pearce ranks 416. Before her are Jean Dutourd, Lewis Wilson, G. D. Spradlin, Usha Mehta, J. J. C. Smart, and Marguerite Higgins. After her are Keith Andes, Gail Halvorsen, Bai Yang, Keith Andrews, James Aloysius Hickey, and Julio Bolbochán. Among people deceased in 2006, Philippa Pearce ranks 355. Before her are Proof, Martin David Kruskal, Jorge Mendonça, Claude Esteban, Kiril Rakarov, and Bertha Brouwer. After her are G. William Miller, Neroli Fairhall, Vincent Sherman, Catherine Leroy, Atanas Mihaylov, and Comandanta Ramona.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philippa Pearce ranks 5,245 out of 8,785. Before her are John Barbour (1316), John Barrowman (1967), Jadon Sancho (2000), Sophie Thompson (1962), Anna Popplewell (1988), and Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965). After her are Ninian Stephen (1923), Carol Thatcher (1953), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), Kenny Acheson (1957), Steve Strange (1959), and Dave Edmunds (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philippa Pearce ranks 574. Before her are Paul Scott (1920), Bernice Rubens (1923), James Herbert (1943), John of Worcester (1100), John Barbour (1316), and Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965). After her are Sidney Lee (1859), Hannah More (1745), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), Susan Cooper (1935), Joyce Cary (1888), and Beryl Bainbridge (1932).

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