Sheena Porter

Sheena Porter (born 1935) is a British author of children's novels. She won the 1964 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising Nordy Bank as the year's best children's book by a British subject.[1]

Sheena Porter has worked as a librarian in Leicester, Nottingham and Shropshire, and currently lives in Ludlow.

Her work is particularly notable for its atmosphere and characterization. It has a feeling for landscape, often portraying actual places, especially in the high country of the Welsh Marches, such as Nordy Bank, and the Long Mynd in The Knockers.[2] She also weaves the history and folklore of the region into her narratives.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. (Carnegie Winner 1964). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  2. Marcus Crouch, The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England 1945–1970, Ernest Benn, 1972, pp. 155–56.
  3. "Sheena Porter". Updated 14 September 2003. Literary Heritage: West Midlands (literaryheritage.org.uk). Shropshire County Council. Digital Midlands.


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