Ann Turnbull

Ann Turnbull (born 1943) is a British writer of fiction for children and young adults. Her work includes ''Pigeon Summer'', a novel set in a Midlands mining town during the Great Depression of the 1930s which is about a young girl named Mary Dyer, and ''No Shame, No Fear'', a novel for young adults that depicts the persecution of Quakers during the 1660s, and is set in both Shropshire and London and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. ''Pigeon Summer'' was nominated for the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and ''No Shame, No Fear'' was nominated for the Whitbread Book Award. She has written a number of picture books but the best known is ''The Sand Horse'' which is illustrated by Michael Foreman. Provided by Wikipedia