Ursula Moray Williams
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Ursula Moray Williams (born April 19, 1911, Petersfield, Hampshire; died October 17, 2006) was an English children's author of around 70 books. Williams wrote over sixty books, the most notable being the Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse (which she wrote while pregnant) and Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat, which, along with The Good Little Christmas Tree, remained in print throughout her life.
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[edit] Life
Ursula was the youngest of twin sisters; she was an enthusiastic Girl Guide, later working as an adult with Brownies and writing 2 books for them. Her uncle was the publisher Stanley Unwin. She married Peter John in the mid 1930s and they had four sons together. She and her family moved to Evesham in 1945.[1]
[edit] Partial bibliography
[edit] Stories
- 1931 Jean Pierre
- 1935 Kelpie, the Gipsies' Pony
- 1935 Adventures of Anne (Publisher: George G. Harrop & Co. Ltd.)
- 1936 The Twins and Their Ponies
- 1938 Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
- 1938 The Good Little Christmas Tree
- 1943 Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat
- 1957 Golden Horse with a Silver Tail
- 1958 The Moonball
- 1959 The Nine Lives of Island MacKenzie
- 1964 Johnnie Tigerskin
- 1968 The Toymaker's Daughter
- 1968 The Cruise of the Happy-Go-Gay
- 1970 Johnnie Golightly and his Crocodile
- 1970 The Three Toymakers
- 1971 Malkin's Mountain
- 1973 Tiger Nanny
- 1978 Bogwoppit
- 1981 Jeffy, The Burglar's Cat
- 1982 Bellabelinda and the No-Good Angel
- 1984 The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse
- 1985 Spid
- 1986 Grandma and the Ghowlies
- 1987 Paddy on the Island
