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Ruth Thomas (4 January 1927 – 25 August 2011) was an English author of children's fiction. For her first novel, The Runaways, she won the 1988 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, an annual book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.

Thomas was born in Wellington, Somerset, England, to two primary school teachers.

Her books draw on her own experiences as a primary school teacher, at first in East London; during the 1980s in Kensal Green, north west London.

Publications

• The Runaways (1987)
• The Class That Went Wild (1989)
• The Secret (1991)
• The New Boy (1992)
• Guilty! (1993)
• Hideaway (1994)
• The Paper Bag Baby (2002)

References

1. ^ Julia Eccleshare (23 September 2011). "Ruth Thomas obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
2. "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. guardian.co.uk 12 March 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

External links

• Ruth Thomas At RandomHouse

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