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Alison Uttley:
Spinner of Tales

If you are a fan of Alison Uttley and want to know more about the woman behind the writing, this biography is for you. Judd has produced the definitive biography using her personal diaries and private letters. Get to know the person behind Little Grey Rabbit, and follow the course of her long life after she left the security of a Derbyshire farmhouse and a loving family for eventual fame and acclaim as a childrens author and essayist.

A suberbly writtten, terrifically researched and enthralling biography of one of the greatest (but most troubled) of British writers for children - and adults.

Reviews

"Anyone who grew up with the stories of the Squirrel, the Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit - books the Queen read to her children, six million copies sold in the first thirty year - will be enchanted to learn their secret, which is that all three characters were self-portraits...as Denis Judd makes clear in this fascinating biography."
- Hilary Spurling, The Observer

"Little was known about Alison Uttley until the welcome arrival of this authorised biography"
- Nicholas Tucker, Times Literary Supplement

"Denis Judd has written a very full and enthralling biography of Alison Uttley."
- Susan Hill, Bookshelf, BBC Radio 4

"A fine biography."
- Frances Wilson, Sunday Times