Sutcliff, Rosemary (1920-1992), a British author, won recognition for her historical novels for children. Sutcliff was praised for her careful research and her skill at bringing historical periods vividly to life through accurate details and believable characters. She wrote more than 30 novels for young people, many of them about King Arthur or set in the Roman occupation of Britain from A.D. 43 to the 400’s. Her first children’s novel was The Chronicles of Robin Hood (1950). In 1960, Sutcliff received the British Library Association’s Carnegie Medal for The Lantern Bearers (1957). She also wrote The Eagle of the Ninth (1954), The Rider of the White Horse (1960), Song for a Dark Queen (1978), and The Light Beyond the Forest (1979). Sutcliff was born on Dec. 20, 1920, in West Clandon, Surrey. She died on July 23, 1992.
