Ann Turnbull


Ann Turnbull is a British writer of fiction for children and young adults. Her work includes Pigeon Summer, a novel set in a Midlands mining town during the Great Depression of the 1930s which is about a young girl named Mary Dyer, and No Shame, No Fear, a novel for young adults that depicts the persecution of Quakers during the 1660s, and is set in both Shropshire and London and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
Pigeon Summer was nominated for the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and No Shame, No Fear was nominated for the Whitbread Book Award. She has written a number of picture books but the best known is The Sand Horse which is illustrated by Michael Foreman.

Older fiction

Quaker trilogy

Other novels

Middle years fiction

Pigeon Summer trilogy

Other novels

;Series contributed to
part of the 6 Chelsea Walk series

Short story collection

  • Greek Myths

Younger fiction

Novels

Picture books

Chapter books

  • Plague: A Cross on the Door
  • The Great Fire: A City in Flames
  • The Gunpowder Plot: A Time for Treason