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Lucy M Boston


(Lucy Maria Boston)
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Lucy Maria Boston was a British author noted for her longevity; she did not have her first book published until she was over 60. She is best known for her Green Knowe books, inspired by her home The Manor, one of the oldest permanently inhabited houses in Britain (her books were illustrated by her son Peter Boston (1918- 1999). Born Lucy Wood in Southport, Lancashire, and educated at a girls' boarding school on the Sussex coast, she married Harold Boston in 1917, and moved to The Manor in the late 1930s, shortly after separating from her husband.

She also had a deep love of classical music, and she made a lot of patchwork, as well as being a keen gardener well into her nineties.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction
 
Series
Green Knowe
   1. The Children of Green Knowe (1954)
   2. The Chimneys of Green Knowe (1958)
     aka Treasure of Green Knowe
   3. The River at Green Knowe (1959)
   4. A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961)
   5. An Enemy at Green Knowe (1964)
   6. The Stones of Green Knowe (1976)
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Novels
   Yew Hall (1954)
   The Sea Egg (1967)
   The House That Grew (1969)
   Persephone (1969)
     aka Strongholds
   The Horned Man (1970)
   Nothing Said (1971)
   The Guardians of the House (1974)
   The Fossil Snake (1975)
   The Castle of Yew (1988)
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Collections
   Curfew (2011)
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Non fiction show
 
Anthologies containing stories by Lucy M Boston
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A Century of Children's Ghost Stories (1996)
Tales of Dread and Delight
edited by
Philippa Pearce
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The House of the Nightmare (1967)
And Other Eerie Tales
edited by
Kathleen Lines

Awards
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1962) : A Stranger at Green Knowe


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