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Sep 16, 1948 Greater London, England, United Kingdom 75 years old
British children's writer
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About Julia Donaldson
- Julia Donaldson (born Julia Catherine Shields; born 1947/1948) is an English writer, playwright and performer, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate.
- She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man.
- She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of one of her songs, "A Squash and a Squeeze", were made into a children's book in 1993.
- Of her 184 published works, 64 are widely available in bookshops.
- The remaining 120 are intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of the Oxford University Press's Oxford Reading Tree.
