Helen Nicoll (10 October 1937 – 30 September 2012) was an English author of

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. She is best known for the ''

Meg and Mog Meg and Mog is a series of children's books written by Helen Nicoll and illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski. First published in the 1970s, the books are about Meg, a witch whose spells always seem to go wrong, her striped cat Mog, and their friend O ...

'' series. In total, she wrote 17 books. She worked with Jan Pienkowski (illustrator) for over forty years on her books. In 1983, she founded an audiobook company called Cover to Cover. It was bought by

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in 2000.

Biography

She was educated at Blackwell and then

Badminton School Badminton School is an independent, boarding and day school for girls aged 3 to 18 years situated in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England. Named after Badminton House in Clifton, Bristol, where it was founded, the school has been located at its ...

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. For a year she studied the violin at

Dartington Hall Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is an historic house and country estate of dating from medieval times. The group of late 14th century buildings are Grade I listed; described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as "on ...

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Personal life

Helen married

Robert Kime Robert Kime (7 February 1946 – 17 August 2022) was a British interior decorator. He worked on the homes of Prince Charles, Daphne Guinness Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness (born 9 November 1967) is an English designer, actress, producer, a ...

, an interior designer and antique dealer, in 1970. They had a daughter and a son.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicoll, Helen 1937 births 2012 deaths British children's writers 20th-century British women writers British women children's writers British women novelists People from Natland