Leon Garfield

1921 - 1996

Country of citizenship: United Kingdom

Native language: English

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Brighton Grammar School, University of Westminster

Occupation: writer, novelist, children's writer

Award received: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Carnegie Medal, Phoenix Award, Zilveren Griffel, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Official website: leongarfield.com

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Leon Garfield FRSL (14 July 1921 – 2 June 1996) was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for television. Source: Wikipedia (en)