Sheena Porter (1935-2010) 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.
Sheena Porter worked as a librarian in Leicester, Nottingham and Shropshire, and ultimately lived 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.Marcus Crouch, The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England 1945–1970, Ernest Benn, 1972, pp. 155–56. She also weaved the history and folklore of the region into her narratives.
Selected works
The Bronze Chrysanthemum (1961), illustrated by Shirley Hughes Hills and Hollows (1962), illus. Victor Ambrus Jacobs' Ladder (1963), illus. Ambrus Nordy Bank (1964), illus. Annette Macarthur-Onslow The Knockers (1965), illus. Gareth Floyd Deerfold (1966), illus. Ambrus The Scapegoat (1968), illus. Doreen Roberts The Valley of Carrig-Wen (1971), illus. Roberts The Hospital (1973), illus. Robin Jacques
References "Sheena Porter" . Updated 14 September 2003. Literary Heritage: West Midlands (literaryheritage.org.uk). Shropshire County Council. Digital Midlands.
(Carnegie Winner 1964) . Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
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