She was a shy, quiet girl and an overweight, anti-social adolescent, who used reading as an escape and refuge. She also loved...
Literary responses
Marina Warner
Amanda Craig
, reviewing for the Observer, invoked recent studies in the same field by Sara Maitland
and Philip Pullman
, before pronouncing Warner's book to be a little gem, on account of the...
Occupation
P. D. James
Her term as President of the Society of Authors
(a position bestowed as the society's ultimate honour but demanding active involvement in both broad policy and specific issues) came to an end on 3...
Timeline
After January 2002: To honour the memory of the beloved author...
Writing climate item
After January 2002
To honour the memory of the beloved author of Pippi Longstocking, the Swedish government founded the Astrid Lindgren
Memorial Award for children's and young people's literature.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. http://www.alma.se/default_a.aspx?id=247&epslanguage=EN.
Texts
Pullman, Philip. “About P. D. James”. The Author, Vol.
