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3 unusual facts about Puffin Books


Philippa Dickinson

She eventually became deputy head of publishing at Puffin Books, and left in 1986.

Philippa Dickinson is a former editor for Puffin Books, and chairman of Random House Children's Publishing.

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

Carpenter wrote a companion novel for the series for Puffin Books in 1977.


Ursula Moray Williams

She was a friend of Puffin Books editor Kaye Webb, and organised riotous parties for the Puffin Club, of which she was made the first honorary member.

It immediately sold out but disappeared until re-issued in abridged form by Kaye Webb at Puffin Books twenty years later, when it became a best-seller.


see also

Grimble

In the 1970s, the two titles were published in a compendium volume by Puffin Books, with drawings by Quentin Blake.