Ann Thwaite

Ann Thwaite (born 4 October 1932) is a British writer and biographer known for her acclaimed literary biographies, including A.A. Milne: His Life, winner of the 1990 Whitbread Biography of the Year, and Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape, which received the 1985 Duff Cooper Prize. She has also authored numerous children's books such as The Camelthorn Papers and edited collections like Allsorts, earning fellowships from the Royal Society of Literature and honorary degrees from Oxford and other institutions.com