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Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-1992) was a British novelist, best known as a writer of children's historical fiction.
Born in Surrey, Sutcliff left school at fourteen to take up painting. She began to suffer from arthritis, which caused her to be confined to a wheelchair for most of her adult life.
Her career as a writer began in 1950. In 1959, she won the Carnegie Medal for The Lantern Bearers. She became one of the UK's top children's writers, a status she did not relinquish until her death, but she also wrote for adults.
Many of her children's books were illustrated by noted illustrator Charles Keeping.
Books
- The Silver Branch
- The Eagle of the Ninth
- Dawn Wind
- Outcast
- Warrior Scarlet
- Knight's Fee
- The Queen Elizabeth Story
- Simon
- The Mark of the Horse Lord
- Blood and Sand (for adults)
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