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Nina Bawden is known as a popular British novelist and children’s writer. She was born 19 January 1925, so today she is 85 years old. She grew up in Ilford with her mother and father, but when the World War II broke out, she was evacuated at the age of fourteen to Aberdare, Wales. Her mother was a teacher and her father a marine. In 1945 Nina won a scholarship to [|Somerville College, Oxford] where she gained a degree in Politics, Economics and Philosophy. Later she settled down and decided to focus on her writing. Her debut book came in 1953 and is called “[|Who calls the tune].” Since then she has written over 50 books and many of her children's books have been filmed and translated into many languages such as "[|Carrie's war]." If you visit the page called "various" you can see an interview were Nina Bawden and also other women talk about "Carrie's war". She once said that her inspiration has been from her childhood, and today many think of her as the best children’s writer.

Nina first married Harry Bawden in 1946 and by whom she gave birth to Nicholas and Robert Humprey Felix. After the break up of her marriage to Bawden, she married [|Austen Kark]. Together they have one daughter, Perdita Emily Helena. In 2002 Austen was killed in the [|Potters Bar rail crash]. Her husband was one of seven killed. Nina where also badly injured and she got [|amnesia]. She doesn’t remember the Potters Bar rail crash on May 10, and the months before the accident faded too. Later she decided to write a book drawing on that tragedy, and in 2005 she released the memoir "[|Dear Austen]." This book tells about what happened before and after the crash. Today Nina lives in Greece most of the year, but she also owns a house in London!

**Here you can see a news report from the Potters Bar rail crash!** media type="custom" key="5875645"  Menu - Next ->