Ursula Moray Williams

Ursula Moray Williams

Ursula Moray Williams (born April 19, 1911, Petersfield, Hampshire; died October 17, 2006) was an English children's author of around 70 books. Williams wrote over sixty books, the most notable being the "Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse" (which she wrote while pregnant) and "Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat", which, along with "The Good Little Christmas Tree", remained in print throughout her life.

Life

Ursula was the youngest of twin sisters; she was an enthusiastic Girl Guide, later working as an adult with Brownies and writing 2 books for them. Her uncle was the publisher Stanley Unwin. She married Peter John in the mid 1930s and they had four sons together. She and her family moved to Evesham in 1945. [ [http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1947993,00.html Ursula Moray Williams] ]

Partial bibliography

tories

*1931 "Jean Pierre"
*1935 "Kelpie, the Gipsies' Pony"
*1935 "Adventures of Anne (Publisher: George G. Harrop & Co. Ltd.)"
*1936 "The Twins and Their Ponies"
*1938 "Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse"
*1938 "The Good Little Christmas Tree"
*1943 "Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat"
*1957 "Golden Horse with a Silver Tail"
*1958 "The Moonball"
*1959 "The Nine Lives of Island MacKenzie"
*1964 "Johnnie Tigerskin"
*1968 "The Toymaker's Daughter"
*1968 "The Cruise of the Happy-Go-Gay"
*1970 "Johnnie Golightly and his Crocodile"
*1970 "The Three Toymakers"
*1971 "Malkin's Mountain"
*1973 "Tiger Nanny"
*1978 "Bogwoppit"
*1981 "Jeffy, The Burglar's Cat"
*1982 "Bellabelinda and the No-Good Angel"
*1984 "The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse"
*1985 "Spid"
*1986 "Grandma and the Ghowlies"
*1987 "Paddy on the Island"

For Brownies

*1932 "For Brownies: Stories and games for the pack and everybody else"
*1934 "More for Brownies"

References

External links

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/01/db0102.xml Daily Telegraph obituary]
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ursula-moray-williams-423290.html Independent Obituary]


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