Eleanor Graham was a book editor and children's book author

Author

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. She worked for Muriel Paget

Muriel Paget

Lady Muriel Evelyn Vernon Paget, CBE, DStJ was a British philanthropist and a humanitarian relief worker, initially based in London, and later in Eastern and Central Europe. She was awarded an OBE in 1918 and an CBE in 1938...

's aid

Aid

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 mission in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 before becoming an editor for publishers Heinemann

Heinemann (book publisher)

Heinemann is a UK publishing house founded by William Heinemann in Covent Garden, London in 1890. On William Heinemann's death in 1920 a majority stake was purchased by U.S. publisher Doubleday. It was later acquired by commemorate Thomas Tilling in 1961...

 and Methuen Publishing and a reviewer of children's books at The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

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, among others. During the Second World War, she became editor of Penguin's

Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...

 children's imprint Puffin Books

Puffin Books

Puffin Books is the children's imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been the largest publisher of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world.-Early history:...

. After her retirement in 1961, she received the Eleanor Farjeon Award

Eleanor Farjeon Award

The Eleanor Farjeon Award is made for distinguished service to the world of British children’s books and is given to someone whose commitment and contribution is deemed to be outstanding. Founded in 1966, it is presented annually in memory of the celebrated author Eleanor Farjeon...

 from the Children's Book Circle

Children's Book Circle

The Children's Book Circle is a charity that supports the British children's book industry. Members range from authors and publishers to librarians, designers, illustrators and booksellers. The CBC facilitates the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Patrick Hardy Lecture, and organises speaker meetings...

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Early life

Graham's father was the editor of Country Life

Country Life (magazine)

Country Life is a British weekly magazine, based in London at 110 Southwark Street, and owned by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.- Topics :The magazine covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people...

. She moved with her family from Scotland to Essex in 1900. She attended North London Collegiate School

North London Collegiate School

North London Collegiate School is an independent day school for girls founded in 1850 in Camden Town, and now in the London Borough of Harrow.The Good Schools Guide called the school an "Academically stunning outer London school in a glorious setting which, in 2003, demonstrated its refusal to rest...

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Works

• The Children Who Lived in a Barn (1938) Reprinted by Persephone Books
  Persephone Books
  Persephone Books is an independent publisher based in Bloomsbury, London. Founded in 1999 by Nicola Beauman, Persephone has a catalogue of 93 "neglected novels, diaries, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, biography and cookery books, mostly by women and mostly dating from the early to...
  
  
• The Story of Charles Dickens (1952), as part of the Story Biography series
• A Puffin Book of Verse (1953) (anthology)
• The Story of Jesus (1960)