John Rowe Townsend

John Rowe Townsend British Journalist

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John Rowe Townsend was previously married to Jill Paton Walsh (2004 - 2014).

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John Rowe Townsend is a member of the following lists: Edgar Award winners, 1922 births and People from Leeds.

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First Name John
Middle Name Rowe
Last Name Townsend
Full Name at Birth John Rowe Townsend
Alternative Name John Rowe Townsend
Birthday 22nd May, 1922
Birthplace Leeds, England, UK
Died 24th March, 2014
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Nationality British
Occupation Journalist

John Rowe Townsend (19 May 1922 – 24 March 2014) was a British children's writer and children's literature scholar. His best-known children's novel is The Intruder, which won a 1971 Edgar Award. His best-known academic work is a reference series, Written for Children: An Outline of English Children's Literature (1965), the definitive work of its time on the subject.
It was greatly expanded for the first revised edition as Written for Children: An Outline of English-language Children's Literature (1974) and updated for its 2nd to 4th revised editions in 1983, 1987, and 1990 – the last, "A survey of imaginative writing, including poetry and picture books, accompanied by a bibliography of works on children's literature and illustrations from many of the classics of children's literature through 1989." (OCLC 25630220).

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John Rowe Townsend91 GeminiJournalist
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Jill Paton Walsh83 TaurusNovelist
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