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Her books were adapted for stage and television. She was called "one of the most engaging writers and illustrators for children in the land".<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> <table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Jill Murphy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Jill_Murphy_uk_author.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/Jill_Murphy_uk_author.png/220px-Jill_Murphy_uk_author.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Jill_Murphy_uk_author.png 1.5x" data-file-width="236" data-file-height="240"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">(1949-07-05)5 July 1949 <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">18 August 2021(2021-08-18) (aged 72) <a href="/wiki/St_Mabyn" title="St Mabyn">St Mabyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Author, illustrator</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Art_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Chelsea Art School">Chelsea Art School</a>; <a href="/wiki/Croydon_School_of_Art" class="mw-redirect" title="Croydon School of Art">Croydon School of Art</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1970–2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch" title="The Worst Witch">The Worst Witch</a> series The Large Family series</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Kate_Greenaway_Medal" title="Kate Greenaway Medal">Kate Greenaway Medal</a> <a href="/wiki/Smarties_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Smarties Prize">Smarties Prize</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Peter Wilks (div.) <a href="/wiki/Roger_Michell_(studio_potter)" title="Roger Michell (studio potter)">Roger Michell</a> (div.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography">1 Biography</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Early_life">1.1 Early life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#The_Worst_Witch">1.2 The Worst Witch</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Picture_books">1.3 Picture books</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Personal_life">2 Personal life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Honours_and_recognition">3 Honours and recognition</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Book_awards">4 Book awards</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Works">5 Works</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#See_also">6 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Notes">7 Notes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#References">8 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#External_links">9 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Born in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, the daughter of Reeney (Irene) and Eric Murphy, Jill Murphy was brought up in <a href="/wiki/Chessington" title="Chessington">Chessington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-3">[3]</a> Reminiscing about growing up in post-war Britain, she said: "I had a classic 1950s childhood. My mum was at home, because in those days that's what mums did. My dad worked in an aircraft factory. He was up really early in the morning, came home exhausted at night and I didn't really see him".<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> She won a scholarship to the Roman Catholic grammar school in Wimbledon.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> She showed an interest in writing and drawing at the age of 6; although not excelling in other school subjects, she had made her own enormous library of hand-written and illustrated books while still at primary school.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> She enjoyed reading <a href="/wiki/Boarding-school" class="mw-redirect" title="Boarding-school">boarding-school</a> stories, which provided material and inspiration for Miss Cackle's Academy in the Worst Witch series, as did the <a href="/wiki/Ursuline_High_School,_Wimbledon" title="Ursuline High School, Wimbledon">Ursuline High School, Wimbledon</a>, which she attended.<a href="#cite_note-images-7">[7]</a> She grew up as a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, but she did not practise the faith in later years.<a href="#cite_note-Brown-8">[8]</a> Her stay-at-home mother was a "book maniac" and her father was an Irish engineer.<a href="#cite_note-craig-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Worst_Witch">The Worst Witch</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Worst Witch" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Murphy started to write <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch" title="The Worst Witch">The Worst Witch</a> – "the magical tale of an accident-prone girl attempting to navigate the magical codes and murky corridors of Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches"<a href="#cite_note-Brown-8">[8]</a> – while still at school (Murphy admitted to having herself been the model for her protagonist Mildred Hubble),<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> but put the book on hold while she attended <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Art_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Chelsea Art School">Chelsea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croydon_School_of_Art" class="mw-redirect" title="Croydon School of Art">Croydon Art Schools</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> She continued to write it during a year living in a village in <a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a>, West Africa, and later while working as a nanny back in the UK. After receiving rejection letters from publishers to whom she offered the book (as she recalls, "They said children would be frightened about a school for witches..."),<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> in 1970 when she was 21 she decided to try the new young company <a href="/wiki/Allison_%26_Busby" title="Allison & Busby">Allison & Busby</a> (founded by Clive Allison and <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Busby" title="Margaret Busby">Margaret Busby</a>),<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> as the result of a series of coincidences involving Murphy having spent time in Ghana, and a friend meeting Ghanaian Margaret Busby at a party in London.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Murphy said she was "thrilled to find the publishers were quirky like me",<a href="#cite_note-Brown-8">[8]</a> as she further revealed in an interview with <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Telegraph</a>: "They accepted it immediately, and printed 5,000 copies, and I remember wondering how many aunts and uncles I had, and what we would do with the rest".<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> The book proved an instant success with both critics and readers (Murphy recalled that she "immediately got a lot of fan letters and the whole thing took off like a rocket"),<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> selling out within two months of publication in 1974.<a href="#cite_note-Carey_interview-18">[18]</a> Murphy continued working as a nanny until Allison & Busby's publication in 1980 of <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_Strikes_Again" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch Strikes Again">The Worst Witch Strikes Again</a> prompted her to devote herself to writing full-time.<a href="#cite_note-images-7">[7]</a> The Worst Witch stories have become some of the most successful titles on the <a href="/wiki/Puffin_Books" title="Puffin Books">Young Puffin</a> paperback list and had sold more than three million copies by 2008,<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> and more than five million worldwide as of 2016.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Several adaptations of The Worst Witch were made, starting in 1986 with a <a href="/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">television film</a> of the <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_(TV_movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch (TV movie)">same title</a>, premiering on <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV (TV channel)">ITV</a>. It later aired on <a href="/wiki/Disney_Channel" title="Disney Channel">Disney Channel</a> during the 1990s around the time of <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a>. Other adaptations include an <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV (TV channel)">ITV</a> series, broadcast on <a href="/wiki/CITV" title="CITV">CITV</a> between 1998 and 2001 (followed by its two spin-offs in 2001 and 2005), and another in 2017 on <a href="/wiki/CBBC" title="CBBC">CBBC</a>. A musical stage production called The Worst Witch Live, adapted by Emma Reeves from Murphy's original work,<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> was shown at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_%26_Derngate" title="Royal & Derngate">Royal & Derngate</a> Theatre in <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> as a Christmas show in 2018, and toured the UK in 2019 across some 16 different venues, including at the <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville_Theatre" title="Vaudeville Theatre">Vaudeville Theatre</a> in London's West End from 24 July to 8 September 2019.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> The show received an <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivier Award">Olivier Award</a> for best family show in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Picture_books">Picture books</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Picture books" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Murphy was also known for <a href="/wiki/Picture_books" class="mw-redirect" title="Picture books">picture books</a>, especially the Large Family series, which detail the domestic chaos of an elephant family. First published in 1986, Five Minutes Peace has sold more than five million copies worldwide and has been translated into 19 languages.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> For the second book, All in One Piece (1987), she was a commended runner-up for the <a href="/wiki/Greenaway_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenaway Medal">Greenaway Medal</a> from the <a href="/wiki/CILIP" class="mw-redirect" title="CILIP">British Library Association</a>, recognising the year's best children's book by a <a href="/wiki/British_subject" title="British subject">British subject</a> (the second of her two commendations).<a href="#cite_note-ccsu-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-HC-26">[a]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Large_Family" title="The Large Family">The Large Family</a> is now a television series on <a href="/wiki/CBeebies" title="CBeebies">CBeebies</a> and <a href="/wiki/ABC_Kids_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Kids (US)">ABC Kids</a>. In 1996, The Last Noo-Noo was adapted as a play and performed at the <a href="/wiki/Polka_Theatre" title="Polka Theatre">Polka Theatre</a>, London.<a href="#cite_note-images-7">[7]</a> Murphy also wrote Dear Hound (2009), about a deerhound who goes missing after a storm and the quest for his owners to find him.<a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> Murphy was married and divorced twice, first to Peter Wilks, then to potter <a href="/wiki/Roger_Michell_(studio_potter)" title="Roger Michell (studio potter)">Roger Michell</a>. Her son Charlie was born in 1990, from her second marriage.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Michell-28">[27]</a> She lived in <a href="/wiki/St_Mabyn" title="St Mabyn">St Mabyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Brown-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> where she died in hospital from <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a> on 18 August 2021, aged 72.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-32">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Honours_and_recognition">Honours and recognition</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours and recognition" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> In 2007, Murphy received an honorary fellowship from <a href="/wiki/University_College_Falmouth" class="mw-redirect" title="University College Falmouth">University College Falmouth</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Book_awards">Book awards</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Book awards" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Book </th> <th>Award </th> <th>Achievement </th></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>Peace at Last </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kate_Greenaway_Medal" title="Kate Greenaway Medal">Kate Greenaway Medal</a> — the British <a href="/wiki/CILIP" class="mw-redirect" title="CILIP">Library Association</a> annual award for children's book illustration </td> <td>Commended<a href="#cite_note-ccsu-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-HC-26">[a]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>Five Minutes' Peace </td> <td>Children's Book Award </td> <td>Shortlisted </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td>Five Minutes' Peace </td> <td>Parents Magazine Best Books for Babies Award </td> <td>Winner </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td> All in One Piece </td> <td>Kate Greenaway Medal </td> <td>Commended<a href="#cite_note-ccsu-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-HC-26">[a]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td> All in One Piece </td> <td>Children's Book Award </td> <td>Shortlisted </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td>A Quiet Night In </td> <td>Kate Greenaway Medal </td> <td>Shortlisted </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>The Last Noo-Noo </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Smarties_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Smarties Prize">Smarties Prize</a> (ages 0–5) </td> <td>Winner </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>The Last Noo-Noo </td> <td>English 4–11 Outstanding Children's Book of the Year </td> <td>Shortlisted </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>The Last Noo-Noo </td> <td>Sheffield Children's Book Award </td> <td>Winner<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>The Last Noo-Noo </td> <td>Gateshead Gold Award </td> <td>Winner </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Works" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <dl><dt>The Worst Witch</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch" title="The Worst Witch">The Worst Witch</a></div> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch (book)">The Worst Witch</a> (1974)</li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_Strikes_Again" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch Strikes Again">The Worst Witch Strikes Again</a> (1980)</li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/A_Bad_Spell_for_the_Worst_Witch" class="mw-redirect" title="A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch">A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch</a> (1982)</li> <li>4. <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_All_at_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch All at Sea">The Worst Witch All at Sea</a> (1993)</li> <li>5. <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_Saves_the_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch Saves the Day">The Worst Witch Saves the Day</a> (2005)</li> <li>6. <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_to_the_Rescue" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch to the Rescue">The Worst Witch to the Rescue</a> (2007)</li> <li>7. <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_and_the_Wishing_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star">The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star</a> (2013)</li> <li>8. First Prize for the Worst Witch (2018)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Large Family picture books</dt></dl> <ul><li>Five Minutes' Peace (1986)</li> <li>All in One Piece (1987)</li> <li>A Piece of Cake (1989)</li> <li>A Quiet Night In (1993)</li> <li>Mr. Large in Charge (2005)</li> <li>Laura Bakes a Cake (2008)</li> <li>Luke Tidies Up (2008)</li> <li>Lester Learns a Lesson (2008)</li> <li>Lucy Meets Mr Chilly (2008)</li> <li>Grandpa In Trouble (2009)</li> <li>Sebastian's Sleepover (2009)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information on the television series based on the books: <a href="/wiki/The_Large_Family" title="The Large Family">The Large Family</a></div> </td> <td class="col-break"> <dl><dt>Non-series novels</dt></dl> <ul><li>Worlds Apart (1988)</li> <li>Jeffrey Strangeways (1992)</li> <li>Dear Hound (2009)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Non-series picture books</dt></dl> <ul><li>Peace at Last (1980)</li> <li>On the Way Home (1982)</li> <li>Whatever Next! (1983)</li> <li>The Last Noo-Noo (1995)</li> <li>All for One (2002)</li> <li>Mother Knows Best! (2011)</li> <li>Meltdown! (2016)</li> <li>Just One of Those Days (2020)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Jill_Murphy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;justify-content:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-unbordered{padding:0 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class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-HC-26">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HC_26-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-HC_26-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-HC_26-2">c</a> Today there are usually eight books on the Greenaway Medal shortlist. According to CCSU, some runners-up were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). 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Retrieved 28 February 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Worst+Witch+wins+Olivier+for+Northampton+theatre&rft.date=2020-10-26&rft.aulast=Orme&rft.aufirst=Steve&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishtheatreguide.info%2Fnews%2Fworst-witch-wins-olivier-for-n-12525&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJill+Murphy" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0717gdv">Jill Murphy interview</a> ("2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the classic children's picture book, Five Minutes Peace by Jill Murphy"), <a href="/wiki/Woman%27s_Hour" title="Woman's Hour">Woman's Hour</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>, 25 February 2016. </li> <li id="cite_note-ccsu-25">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_25-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_25-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ccsu_25-2">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm">"Kate Greenaway Medal"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140916192441/http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm">Archived</a> 16 September 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. <a href="/wiki/Central_Connecticut_State_University" title="Central Connecticut State University">Central Connecticut State University</a> (CCSU). Retrieved 26 June 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cornwall/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8594000/8594631.stm">"Worst Witch author writes Hound Dog story"</a>, BBC Cornwall, 30 March 2010. </li> <li id="cite_note-Michell-28"><a href="#cite_ref-Michell_28-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichell2018" class="citation web cs1">Michell, Julia (21 May 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/21/roger-michell-obituary">"Roger Michell obituary"</a>. The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Roger+Michell+obituary&rft.date=2018-05-21&rft.aulast=Michell&rft.aufirst=Julia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fartanddesign%2F2018%2Fmay%2F21%2Froger-michell-obituary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJill+Murphy" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a> Rees, Gareth (26 April 2016), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cornwalllife.co.uk/home/the-worst-witch-s-jill-murphy-1-5173007">"The Worst Witch's Jill Murphy"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201204072803/https://www.cornwalllife.co.uk/home/the-worst-witch-s-jill-murphy-1-5173007">Archived</a> 4 December 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Cornwall Life. </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a> Steafel, Eleanor (6 October 2016), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/worst-witch-author-jill-murphy-reading-a-book-with-a-child-is-st/">"Worst Witch author Jill Murphy: reading a book with a child is still nicer than sticking them in front of an iPad"</a>, The Times. </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/books-for-children/beloved-author-jill-murphy-dies-peacefully">"Beloved children's author and illustrator Jill Murphy dies peacefully following a long struggle with cancer"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Pan_MacMillan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan MacMillan">Pan MacMillan</a>. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Beloved+children%27s+author+and+illustrator+Jill+Murphy+dies+peacefully+following+a+long+struggle+with+cancer&rft.pub=Pan+MacMillan&rft.date=2021-08-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.panmacmillan.com%2Fblogs%2Fbooks-for-children%2Fbeloved-author-jill-murphy-dies-peacefully&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJill+Murphy" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-BBC-32"><a href="#cite_ref-BBC_32-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58283965">"Jill Murphy: The Worst Witch and Large family author dies at 72"</a>. BBC News. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Jill+Murphy%3A+The+Worst+Witch+and+Large+family+author+dies+at+72&rft.date=2021-08-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-58283965&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJill+Murphy" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBayley2021" class="citation magazine cs1">Bayley, Sian (20 August 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/jill-murphy-author-worst-witch-dies-aged-72-1277821">"Jill Murphy, author of The Worst Witch, dies aged 72"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Bookseller" title="The Bookseller">The Bookseller</a>. Retrieved 22 August 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Bookseller&rft.atitle=Jill+Murphy%2C+author+of+The+Worst+Witch%2C+dies+aged+72&rft.date=2021-08-20&rft.aulast=Bayley&rft.aufirst=Sian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebookseller.com%2Fnews%2Fjill-murphy-author-worst-witch-dies-aged-72-1277821&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJill+Murphy" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cuc.ac.uk/news/2007-news-archive/postgraduate-awards-day.htm">"Postgraduate Awards Day"</a>. 2007 news archive. Combined Universities in Cornwall. 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=2007+news+archive&rft.atitle=Postgraduate+Awards+Day&rft.date=2007&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cuc.ac.uk%2Fnews%2F2007-news-archive%2Fpostgraduate-awards-day.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJill+Murphy" class="Z3988">[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">permanent dead link</a>‍] </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDeeley2007" class="citation news cs1">Deeley, Laura (27 October 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/back-on-top-after-a-bad-spell-qwhjsc6qx2q">"Back on top after a bad spell"</a>. The Times.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Back+on+top+after+a+bad+spell&rft.date=2007-10-27&rft.aulast=Deeley&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Fback-on-top-after-a-bad-spell-qwhjsc6qx2q&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJill+Murphy" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrzyżyńska2020" class="citation news cs1">Strzyżyńska, Weronika (20 August 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/20/jill-murphy-childrens-author-and-illustrator-dies-aged-72">"Jill Murphy, children's author and illustrator, dies aged 72"</a>. The Guardian.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Jill+Murphy%2C+children%27s+author+and+illustrator%2C+dies+aged+72&rft.date=2020-08-20&rft.aulast=Strzy%C5%BCy%C5%84ska&rft.aufirst=Weronika&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2021%2Faug%2F20%2Fjill-murphy-childrens-author-and-illustrator-dies-aged-72&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJill+Murphy" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sheffieldchildrensbookaward.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">"Winners' Archive Picture Books | 1996 Category Winner"</a>. Sheffield Children's Book Award. 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Murphy</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jillmurphy.moonfruit.com/home/4563772720">Jill Murphy website - unofficial fan site</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210822062736/http://www.jillmurphy.moonfruit.com/home/4563772720">Archived</a> 22 August 2021 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Jill-Murphy-1566.aspx">Jill Murphy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Walker_Books" title="Walker Books">Walker Books</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?107792">Jill Murphy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database" title="Internet Speculative Fiction Database">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/n77019381">Jill Murphy, 1949–</a> at <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, with 28 library catalogue records (under "Murphy, Jill" without "1949–")</li> <li>Anna McKerrow, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2018/september/i-didnt-know-that-women-were-allowed-to-be-writers-jill-murphy-on-the-magic-of-making-your-own-worlds-and-why-mildred-hubble-is-just-like-her/">"'I didn't know that women were allowed to be writers': Jill Murphy on the magic of making your own worlds and why Mildred Hubble is just like her"</a>, <a href="/wiki/BookTrust" title="BookTrust">BookTrust</a>, 6 September 2018.</li> <li>Sam Moore, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jill-murphy-death-books-worst-witch-b1906032.html">"Jill Murphy death: The Worst Witch author 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