Elisabeth Beresford
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| Elisabeth Beresford | |
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| Born | 1928 Paris, France |
| Occupation | author, novels and short stories |
| Genres | Children's books,novels |
Elisabeth Beresford (also known as Liza) is an author of children's books, best known for creating the Wombles.
Her godparents include Walter de la Mare, Cecil Day-Lewis and Eleanor Farjeon.[1]
As well as writing 20 Wombles books, she has written a variety of adventure and mystery books for children. She continues to write to this day.
Elisabeth was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature in the 1998 New Year's Honours List. Her husband is the former BBC tennis commentator and broadcaster Max Robertson.
[edit] References
- ^ Official Wombles Website. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
