Books by Alison Prince

Alison Prince was born in 1931 and won a scholarship to Slade School of Art, after which she trained to be a teacher and became Head of Art at a London school. She has since written many books for children of all ages, including How's Business (1987), shortlisted for the Nestle Smarties Book Prize, The Summerhouse (2004), The Sherwood Hero (1995), winner of the 1996 Guardian Children's Book Award; Oranges and Murder (2002), a thriller for teenagers set in 1830s London, winner of the 2002 Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the 2003 Angus Book Award; and Jacoby's Game (2006). Alison Prince lives on Arran and was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Leicester and Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln, for services to children's literature.