Philippa Pearce

Philippa Pearce is the author of more than thirty books for children in the United States and England. Her award-winning titles include Tom’s Midnight Garden, which received the Carnegie Medal and was an ALA Notable book, and Mrs. Cockle’s Cat, which received the Kate Greenaway Medal. Philippa Pearce is also the author of The Little Gentleman and The Minnow on the Say. She died in 2006.