Edward Ardizzone
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Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone,, who sometimes signed his work "DIZ", was a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. For Tim All
Ardizzone in uniform by Henry Carr, 1944
Visit to Ensa Girls in dressing room at the Lucera Opera house, 1943
Normandy June 1944 – Naval Control Post on the Beaches
On the Road to Tripoli – a Cup of Tea for the Burial Party (1943)
Christianna Brand
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Mary Christianna Lewis, known professionally as Christianna Brand, was a British crime writer and children's author born in British Malaya.
Edward Ardizzone
…on shelves. An example is Clive King's Stig of the Dump from 1963. The Nurse Matilda series of children's books (1964–74) was written by his cousin Christianna Brand, who was seven years younger. Their shared grandmother had told the stories to both cousins and she had learned them from her father. Early in the…
Pencil sketch of Christianna Brand