Penelope Farmer

Penelope Jane Farmer (born 1939) is a British writer of books for children and adults. She was born in Westerham, Kent, on 14 June 1939 to Hugh Robert MacDonald and Penelope Boothby Farmer. [ [http://www.bookrags.com/biography/penelope-jane-farmer-dlb/ Penelope (Jane) Farmer Biography | Dictionary of Literary Biography ] ]

Her first publication was "The China People", a collection of literary fairytalesfor young people, in 1960. [ [http://www.bookrags.com/biography/penelope-jane-farmer-dlb/2.html Penelope (Jane) Farmer Biography | Dictionary of Literary Biography ] ] One story written for this collection was judged too long to include. This was re-written as the first chapter of her first novel for children, "The Summer Birds". In 1963, this received a Carnegie Medal commendation and was listed as an American Library Association notable book. [Alan Hedblad (1998). "Farmer, Penelope (Jane) 1939-". Something About the Author 105: p. 64. ISSN 0885-6842. ] "The Summer Birds" was soon followed by its sequels, "Emma in Winter" and "Charlotte Sometimes". Her notable books for children include "The Summer Birds" (1963), "Charlotte Sometimes" (1969), "A Castle of Bone" (1972), "Year King" (1977), "Thicker than Water" (1989) and "Penelope: A Novel" (1993).

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