Sutcliff, Rosemary
Rosemary Sutcliff CBE (1920-92) went to art school at fifteen and became a talented painter, only turning to writing as a secret occupation for her private pleasure. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Member of the Royal Society of Miniaturists. Her first novels were published in 1950, and her most well- known success was The Eagle of The Ninth from 1954, the first of her novels about the Romans in Britain. She published over fifty novels for children and young adults and lived in Chichester, Sussex.
Shakespeare, Tom
Sir Tom Shakespeare is a disability campaigner and a bioethicist and sociologist. He is a Professor of Disability Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the Department of Population Health.
Rosemary Sutcliff CBE (1920-92) went to art school at fifteen and became a talented painter, only turning to writing as a secret occupation for her private pleasure. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Member of the Royal Society of Miniaturists. Her first novels were published in 1950, and her most well- known success was The Eagle of The Ninth from 1954, the first of her novels about the Romans in Britain. She published over fifty novels for children and young adults and lived in Chichester, Sussex.