Rosemary Harris

Background

Harris was born in London.

Education

She attended school in Weymouth, and then studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, the Chelsea School of Art and the Courtauld Institute.

Career

She served in the British Red Cross Nursing Auxiliary Westminster Division during World World War II and subsequently worked as a picture restorer and as a reader for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The Moon was the first volume of a trilogy set in ancient Egypt, followed by The Shadow on the Sun (1970) and The Bright and Morning Star (1972). The book was also the basis for a 1978 episode of the British Broadcasting Corporation series Jackanory.

Others of her books feature themes as diverse as terrorism, magic and futuristic totalitarianism.

Achievements

She won the 1968 Carnegie Medal for British children"s books Foreign The Moon in the Cloud, published by Faber in 1968, Harris won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year"s best children"s book by a British subject.

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