Eleanor Farjeon

Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) was an English author of children's stories, plays, poetry, biography, history, and satire, born into a literary family in London and educated at home. She gained fame for works like Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1921) and The Little Bookroom (1955), the latter winning the Carnegie Medal and the first Hans Christian Andersen Award. Never married, she formed close friendships with literary figures such as Edward Thomas and D. H. Lawrence, and her hymn "Morning Has Broken" became widely known internationally.Eleanor Farjeon