Helen Cresswell(1934-2005)

The author of over 100 books including: "Sonya-by-the-Shore" (1960), "The Piemakers" (1967), "The Night-Watchmen" (1969), "The Bongleweed" (1973), "Lizzie Dripping" (1973), "The Winter of the Birds" (1975), "Ordinary Jack" (1977) and "Bagthorpes Battered" (2001).