Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton (born 2 August 1929), who writes primarily as K. M. Peyton, is a British author of fiction for children and young adults. She has written more than fifty novels including the much loved "Flambards" series of stories about the Russell family which spanned the period before and after the First World War, for which she won both the 1969 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association and the 1970 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, judged by a panel of British children's writers. In 1979 the Flambards trilogy was adapted by Yorkshire Television as a 13-part TV series, Flambards, starring Christine McKenna as the heroine Christina Parsons. Biography Kathleen Herald was born in Birmingham, began writing when she was nine, and was first published when she was fifteen. She "never decided to become a writer... [she] just was one." Growing up in London where she could not have a horse she was obsessed with them: all her early books are about girls who have ponies. After school
Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton (nacido el 2 de agosto de 1929), quien escribe principalmente como K. M. Peyton, es una autora británica de ficción para niños y adultos jóvenes. Ha escrito más de cincuenta novelas, incluida la amada "Flambards" serie de historias sobre la familia Russell que abarcó el período antes y después de la Primera Guerra Mundial, por lo que ganó tanto la Medalla Carnegie de 1969 de la Asociación de Bibliotecas y el Premio Guardian de Ficción Infantil de 1970, juzgado por un panel de escritores infantiles británicos. En 1979, la trilogía de Flambards fue adaptada por Yorkshire Television como una serie de televisión de 13 partes, Flambards, protagonizada por Christine McKenna como la heroína Christina Parsons. La biografía Kathleen Herald nació en Birmingham, comenzó cuando tenía nueve años, y fue publicada por primera vez cuando tenía quince años.