| Abstract: | The UK editors were delighted when the distinguished writer Robert Westall accepted an invitation to contribute to our continuing series on  Books Remembered from Childhood .Robert Westall taught for twenty-eight years, ending that phase of his career as Head of Art and Head of Careers at Sir John Deane's College, Northwich, Cheshire, in the United Kingdom. He was born in the northeast of England, where several of his novels are set, including his first published book, the Carnegie MedalwinningThe Machine-Gunners (Macmillan, 1975). Since finishing teaching, he has been an antique dealer, with a particular interest in clocks, but now concentrates full time on his writing. |
