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Helen Cresswell (11 July 1934, Kirkby in Ashfield ... 26 September 2005, Eakring, Nottinghamshire) was an English author of more than 100 childrens' books, including the Lizzie Dripping series, and The Bagthorpe Saga . She also adapted numerous stories for television, including Moondial (1988), Five Children and It (1991), The Famous Five (1995-1996) and The Demon Headmaster (1996-1998).
She was educated at Nottingham High School for Girls, and held a degree from King's College London. She had 2 children, Caroline Rowe (born 1963) and Candy Rowe (born 1971) and 2 grandchildren, Ellie Staves (born 1996) and Lucy Staves (born 1999).
On 26 September 2005 Cresswell died at her home in Eakring, Nottinghamshire, aged 71, from ovarian cancer.
listed by publication date
The White Sea Horse (1964)
Pietro and the Mule (1965)
Where the Wind Blows (1966)
The Signposters (1968)
The Sea Piper (1968)
The Night Watchmen (1969) (with Gareth Floyd)
The Outlanders (1970)
At the Stroke of Midnight (1971)
Up the Pier (1972)
The Beachcombers (1972)
The Bongleweed (1973)
Cheap Day Return (1974)
White Sea Horse and Other Sea Magic (1975)
The Winter of the Birds (1976)
A Game of Catch (1977) (with Ati Forberg)
My Aunt Polly (1979)
The Piemakers (1980) (with Judith Gwyn Brown)
Dear Shrink (1982)
The Secret World of Polly Flint (1984)
Moondial (1987)
Ellie and the Hagwitch (1987)
Dragon Ride (1987)
Trouble (1988)
Time Out (1990) (with Peter Elwell)
Weather Cat (1990)
The Return of the Psammead (1992) a sequel to E. Nesbit's Five Children and It , which Cresswell adapted for television
Almost Goodbye, Guzzler (1992) (with Judy Brown)
The Watchers: A Mystery At Alton Towers (1993)
Classic Fairy Tales (1994) (retelling of traditional tales)
Stonestruck (1996)
Snatchers (1997) was written for her granddaughter ellie
Sophie and the Sea Wolf (1997)
The Little Sea Pony (1997 )
The Little Sea Horse (1998)
The Little Grey Donkey (1999)
Mystery Stories (2003)
Rumpelstiltskin (2004) (retelling of a traditional story)
Lizzie Dripping stories
Lizzie Dripping (1973)
Lizzie Dripping by the Sea (1974)
Lizzie Dripping and the Little Angel (1974)
Lizzie Dripping and the Witch (1974)
Lizzie Dripping on Holiday (1994)
Posy Bates stories
Meet Posy Bates (1992)
Posy Bates and the Bag Lady (1994)
Posy Bates, Again! (1994)
The Two Hoots series
Two Hoots (1974) (with Martine Blanc)
Two Hoots go to the sea (1974) (with Martine Blanc)
Two Hoots in the Snow (1975) (with Martine Blanc)
Two Hoots and the Big Bad Bird (1975) (with Martine Blanc)
Two Hoots Play Hide-And Seek (1977) (with Martine Blanc)
Two Hoots and the King (1977) (with Martine Blanc)
Winklesea series
A Gift from Winklesea (1997)
Whatever Happened in Winklesea? (1991)
Mystery at Winklesea (1995)
The Bagthorpe Saga
Ordinary Jack (1977)
Absolute Zero (1978)
Bagthorpes Unlimited (1978)
Bagthorpes v The World (1979)
Bagthorpes Abroad (1984)
Bagthorpes Haunted (1985)
Bagthorpes Liberated (1989)
The Bagthorpe Triangle (1992)
Bagthorpes Besieged (1997)
Bagthorpes Battered (2001)
Total Books: 313