Gillian Avery

Gillian Avery
BornGillian Elise Avery
30 September 1926
Reigate, England
Died31 January 2016 (aged 89)
Occupationnovelist and historian
NationalityBritish
EducationDunottar School
Notable awardsGuardian Children's Fiction Prize (1972)
SpouseA. O. J. Cockshut (m. 1952)

Gillian Elise Avery (30 September 1926 – 31 January 2016) was a British children's novelist, and a historian of childhood education and children's literature. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1972 for A Likely Lad.[1] It was adapted for television in 1990.[2]

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  2. ^ A Likely Lad at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata.

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