Eleanor Graham (9 January 1896, in

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, England – 8 March 1984, in London) was a

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and

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author. She worked for Lady Muriel Paget's

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mission in

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before becoming an editor for publishers Heinemann and

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and a reviewer of children's books at ''

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, she became editor of Penguin's children's imprint

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. After her retirement in 1961, she received the Eleanor Farjeon Award from the Children's Book Circle.

Early life

Graham's father was the editor of '' Country Life''. She moved with her family from Scotland to Essex in 1900. She attended North London Collegiate School.

Works

*''The Children Who Lived in a Barn'' (1938) Reprinted by Persephone Books in 2001 *''The Story of Charles Dickens'' (1952), as part of the ''Story Biography'' series *''A Puffin Book of Verse'' (1953) (anthology) *''The Story of Jesus'' (1960) *''J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan: The Story of the Play'', illustrated by Edward Ardizzone (Brockhampton Press, 1962)

References

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The Children Who Lived in a Barn
' at Persephone Books {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Eleanor 1896 births 1984 deaths English book editors English women children's writers Penguin Books people People educated at North London Collegiate School People from Walthamstow Writers from the London Borough of Waltham Forest