Margaret Storey (born 27 June 1926) is an

author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...

books for children Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

and young adults published by Faber. She attended Girton College in Cambridge in 1948 to gain a BA Honours degree in English, and thereafter worked as an English teacher.

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...

has cited her as an influence: "Margaret Storey is more or less out of print these days, alas. I loved her when I was about seven or eight, and am looking forward to finding out how much of her stuff has wound up in mine."Neil Gaiman's Journal
/ref> Her work includes a fantasy series based on the adventures of two children, Timothy and Ellen, and a witch named Melinda Farbright: "the real thing - strange and magical, and above all, dangerous" *''Timothy and Two Witches'' (1966) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart *''The Stone Wizard'' aka "''The Stone Sorcerer''" (1967) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart *''The Dragon's Sister and Timothy Travels'' (1967) - Illustrated by Charles W. Stewart *''A Quarrel of Witches'' (1970 - Illustrated by Doreen Roberts *''The Sleeping Witch'' (1971) - Illustrated by Janina Ede *''A War of Wizards'' (1976) - Illustrated by Janina Ede *''The Double Wizard'' (1979) - Illustrated by June Jackson She also wrote: *''Pauline'' (1965) *''Wrong Gear'' (1973) *''Keep Running'' (1974) *''Kate And The Family Tree'' (1965) - illustrated by

Shirley Hughes Winifred Shirley Hughes (16 July 1927 – 25 February 2022) was an English author and illustrator. She wrote more than fifty books, which have sold more than 11.5 million copies, and illustrated more than two hundred. As of 2007, she lived i ...

*''The Smallest Doll'' (1966) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes *''The Smallest Bridesmaid'' (1966) - illustrated by Shirley Hughes *''The Mollyday Holiday'' (1971) - Illustrated by Janina Ede ''Pauline'', about an orphan forced to live with uncomprehending relatives, has been described as "an astonishingly mature novel for a new writer".

Marcus Crouch Marcus Crouch (12 February 1913 – 24 April 1996) was an English librarian, and an influential commentator on and reviewer of children's books.Sheila Ray. "Obituary: Marcus Crouch", ''Children's Literature Abstracts'', Issues 92-95, Internation ...

, ''The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England, 1945-1970'', Ernest Benn, 1972, p 212. She should not be confused with the mystery writer Margaret Storey, who has written a number of books, sometimes under the pseudonym

Elizabeth Eyre Elizabeth Eyre is a pseudonym used by the authors Jill Staynes (1927–2013) and Margaret Storey (born c. 1927) for their ''Sigismondo'' series of novels. Biography From the dust jacket of ''Bravo for the Bride'' (1994): Writing style The ...

with the author Jill Staynes.

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Living people English children's writers Place of birth missing (living people) English women writers 1926 births {{UK-child-writer-stub