Joan G. Robinson Explained

Joan Mary Gale Robinson
Birth Name:	Joan Mary Gale Thomas
Birth Date:	1910 2, df= yes^[1]
Birth Place:	Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England^[2]
Death Date:	^[3]
Death Place:	King's Lynn, Norfolk
Occupation:	children's writer, illustrator
Language:	English
Period:	1939–1978
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Joan Mary Gale Robinson (née Thomas; 10 February 1910 – 20 August 1988) was a British author and illustrator of children's books.

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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.^[5]

When Marnie Was There (1967), her first young adult novel, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal that year.^[6] Hayao Miyazaki selected Marnie as one of his fifty recommended children's books,^[7] and Studio Ghibli adapted it into a film of the same name.

Select bibliography

For children

• Book: A Stands for Angel . Thomas, Joan Gale . 18756677 . Mowbray . London . 1939 .
• Book: God of All Things . Thomas, Joan Gale . 503832196 . Mowbray . London . 1948 .
• Book: Teddy Robinson . Robinson, J. G. . 771729290 . George G. Harrap & Co. . 1953 . London .
• Book: Mary–Mary . Robinson, J. G. . 504362374 . George G. Harrap & Co. . 1957 . London .

For young adults

• Book: . Robinson, Joan G. . Fortnum, Peggy (illus.) . 504362484 . Collins . London . 1967 . ^[8]
• Book: Charley (aka The Girl Who Ran Away) . Robinson, Joan G. . Seward, Prudence (illus.) . 115343 . Collins . London . 1969 .
• Book: The House in the Square . Robinson, Joan G. . Hughes, Shirley (illus.) . 1962038 . 0-00-184305-2 . Collins . London . 1972 .
• Book: The Summer Surprise . Robinson, Joan G. . Ambrus, Glenys (illus.) . 59787931 . 0-00-184350-8 . Collins . London . 1977 .
• Book: Meg and Maxie (aka The Sea Witch or The Dark House of the Sea Witch) . Robinson, Joan G. . 16428637 . 0-575-02555-7 . Gollancz . London . 1978 . ^[9]

References

External links

• Web site: Thomas, Joan Gale, 1910–1988 . 2015 . Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) . 25 February 2015. Some works were published as Joan Thomas (maiden name).
• Web site: Joan G. Robinson . 2014 . Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency . 25 February 2015.
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Notes and References

1. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ONSDeath93&h=7594585&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=8791 England & Wales, Death Index, 1916–2007
2. Web site: Joan Gale Robinson Papers . July 2001 . University of Southern Mississippi . 25 February 2015 .
3. Noonan, Barry (comp.): Death Notices from The Times, 1982–1988. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005.
4. Web site: Two Years Old Today . 2015 . Colegrave, Sarah . Sarah Colegrave Fine Art . 25 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623121819/http://www.sarahcolegrave.co.uk/paintings/d/two-years-old-today/55941 . 23 June 2015 . dead.
5. Book: Kirkpatrick, D. L. . Twentieth-Century Children's Writers . 1066–1068 . New York . St. Martin's Press . 1978 . 0-312-82413-0 .
6. Web site: When Marnie Was There . 2014 . Random House . 25 February 2015 . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150712/http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/listeninglibrary/catalog/display.php?isbn=9780553552607&view=details . dead .
7. Web site: 50 Children's Books Chosen by Hayao Miyazaki . . 2015 . Ghibli Wiki . 25 February 2015 .
8. Web site: Kirkus Reviews: When Marnie Was There . 1 September 1968 . . Kirkus Reviews . 25 February 2015 .
9. Web site: Kirkus Reviews: The Dark House of the Sea Witch . 23 August 1979 . . Kirkus Reviews . 25 February 2015 .