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| − | 19th century British children's fantasy author. | + | [[File:NesbitE1903.jpeg|thumb|'''Edith Nesbit, 1903.''' ''“Miss N,” photoportrait by Gertrude Käsebier.'' ]] |
| + | '''Edith Nesbit''' (married name Bland) was a prolific, 19th-century, [[British]], children's [[fantasy]] [[author]], best remembered for her Psammead trilogy, which begins with ''Five Children and It'' (1902). | ||
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| + | [[Biographies]] include ''Magic and the Magician: E. Nesbit and her Children's Books'' by Noel Streatfeild (1958) and ''E. Nesbit: A Biography'' by Doris Langley Moore (1967). | ||
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| + | *{{SFE|name= nesbit_e}}. | ||
| + | *[https://edithnesbit.co.uk/index.php The Edith Nesbit Society.] | ||
| + | *[https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1964/12/03/the-writing-of-e-nesbit/ “The Writing of E. Nesbit”] by Gore Vidal, The New York Review, December 3, 1964. | ||
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| − | * 2018 | + | * 2018 —[[Readercon 29]] (posthumous) |
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{{person | born=1858 | died=1924}} | {{person | born=1858 | died=1924}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:46, 1 March 2023
(August 15, 1858 – May 4, 1924)
Edith Nesbit (married name Bland) was a prolific, 19th-century, British, children's fantasy author, best remembered for her Psammead trilogy, which begins with Five Children and It (1902).
Biographies include Magic and the Magician: E. Nesbit and her Children's Books by Noel Streatfeild (1958) and E. Nesbit: A Biography by Doris Langley Moore (1967).
- Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
- The Edith Nesbit Society.
- “The Writing of E. Nesbit” by Gore Vidal, The New York Review, December 3, 1964.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 2018 —Readercon 29 (posthumous)
| Person | 1858—1924 |
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