birth_date: 1943-06-22 00:00:00
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name: Jan Mark
about: Janet Marjorie Mark (1943-2006) was a British children's author and two time winner of the Carnegie Medal. She also taught art and English in Gravesend, Kent, was part of the faculty of Education at Oxford Polytechnic in the early 1980s and was a tutor and mentor to other writers before her death from meningitis-related septicaemia. Meet the author:What is your favourite animal?The noble ratWhat is your favourite boy’s name?GeorgeWhat is your favourite girl’s name?MarjorieWhat is your favourite food?Pickled herringWhat is your favourite music?KlezmerWhat is your favourite hobby?Listening to music Janet Marjorie Mark (1943-2006) was a British children's author and two time winner of the Carnegie Medal. She also taught art and English in Gravesend, Kent, was part of the faculty of Education at Oxford Polytechnic in the early 1980s and was a tutor and mentor to other writers before her death from meningitis-related septicaemia. Meet the author:What is your favourite animal?The noble ratWhat is your favourite boy’s name?GeorgeWhat is your favourite girl’s name?MarjorieWhat is your favourite food?Pickled herringWhat is your favourite music?KlezmerWhat is your favourite hobby?Listening to music ...more
death_date: 2006-01-16 00:00:00