Background
Nina Beachcroft was born in 1931, daughter of the writer T O Beachcroft.
Nina Beachcroft was born in 1931, daughter of the writer T O Beachcroft.
She was educated at Wimbledon High School and Street Hilda"s College Oxford 1950 53.
In the 1950s, she worked as a sub editor for the Argosy and the Radio Times and currently lives in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England. Her first novel Well Met By Witchlight was published in the United Kingdom in 1972. She has written nine children"s novels in total.
Nina Beachcroft"s novels are in the children"s fantasy genre, including witches, genies and other magic characters interacting with human children. instead she uses magic lightly to explore the theme of control.".