Antonia Barber
Antonia Barber born 1932 (real name Barbara Anthony) is an English author of books for children and adults.[1] Barber resides in Kent and Mousehole, Cornwall. Her award winning book The Mousehole Cat has been made into an animated film[2] and is being adapted as a stage musical. She graduated from University College London, and had a husband who was a structural engineer. She is the younger sister of fellow author Pamela Oldfield.[3] Barber is currently living in her oast house in Kent and visiting Mousehole regularly. She is working on the Mousehole Musicals.
Selected works
- The Affair of the Rockerbye Baby (1966)
- The Ghosts (1969) —filmed as The Amazing Mr Blunden
- The Ring in the Rough Stuff (1983)
- The Enchanter's Daughter (1987)
- Satchelmouse and the Doll's House (1987)
- The Mousehole Cat (1990)
- Catkin (1994)
- Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe
- Dancing Shoes
- Dancing Shoes, Dance to the Rescue
Awards and recognition
The Ghosts (1969)
- Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
The Ring in the Rough Stuff (1983)
- Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
The Mousehole Cat (1990)
- Nestle Smarties Book Prize children's choice
- British Book Award
Three illustrators have earned some recognition by the British Library Association for their collaborations with Barber.[4]
- Errol Le Cain, The Enchanter's Daughter, a commended runner up for the 1987 Greenaway Medal
- Nicola Bayley, The Mousehole Cat, a commended runner up for the 1990 Greenaway
- P. J. Lynch, Catkin, on the shortlist for the 1994 Greenaway
The Kate Greenaway Medal recognises the year's best children's book illustration (in that time, by a British subject).
References
- ↑ "Antonia Barber". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ↑ "The Mousehole Cat". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ↑ Pamela Oldfield obituary
- ↑ "Kate Greenaway Medal" Archived 16 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine.. 2005(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University. Retrieved 25 June 2012.