death_date death_place birth_place awards nationality notableworks name birth_date period genre article_title birth_name occupation
21 december 2006 durham , england great shelford , cambridgeshire , england carnegie medal 1958 british '' tom 's midnight garden '' philippa pearce 22 january 1920 1955 -- 2008 children 's fantasy and supernatural fiction philippa pearce
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philippa pearce

ann philippa pearce obe -lrb- 22 january 1920 -- 21 december 2006 -rrb- was an english author of children 's books .
her most famous work is the time slip fantasy novel `` tom 's midnight garden '' , which won the 1958 carnegie medal from the library association , recognising the year 's outstanding children 's book by a british subject .
pearce was four times a commended runner up for the medal .
