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English writer of over 100 books. She began writing to support herself and her son financially after she was widowed in 1930. Her first books were a series of tales about animals, including Little Grey Rabbit, The Little Red Fox, Sam Pig and Hare. She later wrote for older children and adults, particularly focussing on rural topics, notably in The Country Child (1931), a fictionalized account of her childhood experiences at her family farm home, Castletop, near Cromford.
Born: 17 December 1884 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 7 May 1976
Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Alison Uttley
Plowmen's clocks / illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe - London: 1952
17/3329
Alison Uttley
The country child / with illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe - London: 1945
17/432
Alison Uttley
Recipes from an old farmhouse / [by] Alison Uttley ; illustrated by Pauline Baynes. - London: 1966
09/2078
Alison Uttley
Six Tales of The Four Pigs / by Alison Uttley ; illustrated by Alec Buckels - London: [1941]
15/443