Antonia Barber (real name Barbara Anthony; 10 December 1932 - 4 April 2019), was an English author of books for children and adults.[1] Barber resided in Kent and Mousehole, Cornwall. Her book The Mousehole Cat was adapted as an animated film and is being adapted as a stage musical. She graduated from University College London. The younger sister of fellow author Pamela Oldfield, Barber was married to a structural engineer.[2]

Selected works

• The Affair of the Rockerbye Baby (1966)
• The Ghosts (1969; filmed as The Amazing Mr Blunden, 1972)
• The Ring in the Rough Stuff (1983)
• The Enchanter's Daughter (1987)
• Satchelmouse and the Doll's House (1987)
• The Mousehole Cat (1990)
• Catkin (1994)
• Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe
• Dancing Shoes
• Dancing Shoes, Dance to the Rescue

Awards and recognition

• The Ghosts (1969)
  • Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal

• The Ring in the Rough Stuff (1983)
  • Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal

• The Mousehole Cat (1990)
  • Nestle Smarties Book Prize children's choice ^{[clarification needed]}
  • British Book Award ^{[clarification needed]}

• Three illustrators have earned some recognition by the British Library Association for their collaborations with Barber.[3]
  • Errol Le Cain, The Enchanter's Daughter, a commended runner up for the 1987 Greenaway Medal
  • Nicola Bayley, The Mousehole Cat, a commended runner up for the 1990 Greenaway
  • P. J. Lynch, Catkin, on the shortlist for the 1994 Greenaway

• The Kate Greenaway Medal recognises the year's best children's book illustration (in that time, by a British subject).

References

External links

• Author page at Walker Books
• Antonia Barber at IMDb