Rosemary Sutcliff
Born in 1920
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Rosemary Sutcliff was a renowned British novelist best known for historical fiction.
Born in 1920, she contracted Still's Disease as a child, which confined her to a wheelchair for most of her life.
Despite interrupted schooling, she began writing in 1950 and found success with The Eagle of the Ninth in 1954.
Sutcliff won numerous awards, including the Carnegie Medal, and was appointed CBE in 1992.
Her works, primarily aimed at children but appealing to all ages, often drew from Celtic and Saxon legends learned from her mother.
Sutcliff lived in Sussex, never married, and continued writing until her death in 1992.
