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Lucy M. Boston

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About Lucy M. Boston

Lucy Boston was born in 1892 in Southport, Lancashire, one of six children. She went to a Quaker school in Surrey, and was married in 1917. She later moved to a beautiful manor house near Cambridge which provided the setting for her Green Knowe stories. She started writing at the age of sixty and won the Carnegie Medal for A Stranger of Green Knowe in 1961. Her books are illustrated by her son, Peter. Lucy Boston died in 1990.

Recent updates about Lucy M. Boston

World Circus Day

A brilliant story for a Saturday! The River at Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston from Faber & Faber

13 days ago

World Book Day

Why not find a classic book to read this year? The Children of Green Knowe Collection is a brilliant book by Lucy M. Boston, published by Faber & Faber.

5 years ago

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