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Vivien Alcock (23 September 1924 – 11 October 2003) was an English writer of children's books.

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Vivien Alcock
Born	(1924-09-23)23 September 1924 Worthing, Sussex, England
Died	11 October 2003(2003-10-11) (aged 79)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Writer
Known for	Children's fiction
Spouse(s)	Leon Garfield

Life and career

Alcock was born in Worthing, now in West Sussex, England, and her family moved to Devizes in Wiltshire when she was ten years old. She was the youngest of three sisters who were devoted to reading, drawing, and storytelling.[1] Alcock studied at Oxford University's Ruskin School of Drawing until 1942, when she left the program to join the women's branch of the British Army (Auxiliary Territorial Service).[1][2]

Alcock and Leon Garfield met while she was driving ambulances in Belgium. They married and adopted a daughter, named Jane after Jane Austen. Garfield became a successful children's writer in the 1960s.

Her own first book published was The Haunting of Cassie Palmer, from Methuen in 1980 when she was 56 years old. She followed The Haunting with The Stonewalkers (1981) and about twenty others.[1] The Cuckoo Sister (1985) and The Monster Garden (1988) are her two most widely held works as catalogued by WorldCat libraries.[3]

Published writings

Awards and honours

• Best science fiction/fantasy book, Voice of Youth Advocates, 1988, The Monster Garden^{[citation needed]}
• Carnegie Medal, shortlist, The Trial of Anna Cotman^{[citation needed]}
• Notable Books for Children, American Library Association: 1985 Travellers by Night, 1986 The Cuckoo Sister, 1988 The Monster Garden
• Horn Book Honor List, The Horn Book Magazine: 1985 Travellers by Night
• Horn Book Fanfare Best Books of the Year: 1989 The Monster Garden, 1993 A Kind of Thief

Notes

References

External links

• Obituary by Julia Eccleshare in The Guardian
• Vivien Alcock at Fantastic Fiction – bibliographic data with many cover images
• Vivien Alcock at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Vivien Alcock at Library of Congress Authorities, with 22 catalogue records

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