Joan Mary Gale Robinson (née Thomas; 10 February 1910 – 20 August 1988) was a British author and illustrator of

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She published her first book for children in 1939. She married writer and illustrator Richard Gavin Robinson in 1941. They lived in King's Lynn, Norfolk. ''

When Marnie Was There is a 2014 Japanese animated psychological drama film co-written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, produced by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho. It is based on Joan G. Robinson's 1967 novel of the same name. The film follows Anna Sas ...

'' (1967), her first

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novel, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal that year.

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widel ...

selected ''Marnie'' as one of his fifty recommended children's books, and

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adapted it into a film of the same name.

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* Some works were published as Joan Thomas (maiden name). * * . {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Joan G. 1910 births 1988 deaths British children's book illustrators British children's writers British writers of young adult literature