![]() ![]() ![]() Jill passed away in Cornwall in August 2021, aged 72. She wrote and iillustrated over 20 picture books, including the award-winning Large family of elephants, and 10 novels, including the highly successful Worst Witch series which have been also been adapted for television and stage. Jill worked in a children's home for four years and as a nanny for a year, before becoming a freelance writer and illustrator. She went on to study at Chelsea, Croydon and Camberwell Schools of Art. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories, and was already putting books together (literally, with a stapler) by the time she was six. Biography: Jill Murphy (1949-2021) was born in London and grew up in Surrey.Riding a broomstick is no easy matter Lovable but disaster-prone Mildred is a trainee. Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK Read The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy available from Rakuten Kobo. ![]()
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