Helen Cresswell
Novelist, Author
1934 – 2005
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Who was Helen Cresswell?
Helen Cresswell was an English television scriptwriter and author of more than 100 children's books, best known for comedy and supernatural fiction. Her most popular book series, Lizzie Dripping and The Bagthorpe Saga, were also the bases for television series.
Cresswell's TV work included adaptation of her own books for television movies and series: Lizzie Dripping, The Secret World of Polly Flint, and Moondial. Some others were The Haunted School, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Famous Five, and The Demon Headmaster.
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- Born
- Jul 11, 1934
Nottingham - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- King's College London
- Nottingham Girls' High School
- Died
- Sep 26, 2005
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on July 23, 2013
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