Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Jeanne Harris (20 February 1923 – 14 October 2019) was a British author of children's fiction. She won the 1968 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.

Selected works

Egypt series The Moon in the Cloud (Faber, 1968) The Shadow on the Sun (Faber, 1970) The Bright and Morning Star (Faber, 1972)

Orion series A Quest for Orion (1978) Tower of the Stars (1980)

Other The Summer-house (Hamish Hamilton, 1956) Venus with Sparrows (Faber, 1961) All My Enemies (Faber, 1967) The Nice Girl's Story (Faber, 1968); U.S. title, Nor Evil Dreams A Wicked Pack of Cards (Faber, 1969) The Seal-Singing (Faber, 1971) The Child in the Bamboo Grove (Faber, 1971), illustrated by Errol Le Cain King's White Elephant (1973) The Double-Snare (Faber, 1974) Sea Magic and Other Stories of Enchantment (1974) Flying Ship (1975) Little Dog of Fo, illus. Errol Le Cain (1976) I Want to Be a Fish (1977) Beauty and the Beast, illus. Errol Le Cain (1979) Zed (1982) Janni's Stork (1984) The Lotus and the Grail: Legends from East to West (1985) Summers of the Wild Rose (1987) Love and the Merrygoround (1988) Ticket to Freedom (1992) Haunting of Joey Mbasa (1996)