![]() She wrote about being disabled in her 1958 novel, “Warrior Scarlet,” which had a main character of a boy with a deformed arm living in Britain's Bronze Age. She was wheelchair bound most of her life. At the early age of nearly three, she was diagnosed with Still's Disease, an idiopathic form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis characterized with frequent high temperatures, an orange skin rash, and crippling deformities of the joints, which eventually included her neck, spine and facial joints. After publishing 46 children's books, she is considered one of the top authors of historical novels for children as well as adults. Many of her books have Roman Britain and Arthurian themes. She has been recommended for this award five times with “Tristan and Iseult” being first runner-up in 1972. The Carnegie Medal is the oldest and most prestigious award offered for children's books in England. In 1959 her very first award was the Carnegie Medal for Literature in Children's Books, "The Lantern Bearers,” which was the second book in a trilogy. ![]() ![]() She received world-wide acclaimed as an award-winning English author in the 20th century, excelling mainly in children's books. ![]()
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