Barbara Willard
Barbara Willard | |
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| Born | 12 March 1909 Brighton, England |
| Died | 18 February 1994 (aged 84) Wivelsfield, England |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable works | The Richleighs of Tantamount (1966) |
| Notable awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1973) |
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Barbara Mary Willard (12 March 1909 – 18 February 1994) was a British novelist best known for children's historical fiction. Her "Mantlemass Chronicles" is a family saga set in 15th to 17th-century England. For one chronicle, The Iron Lily (1973), she won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a book award judged by panel of British children's writers.