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Gene Kemp


Born
in Wigginton, Staffordshire, England, The United Kingdom
December 27, 1926

Died
January 04, 2015

Genre
Children's


Gene Kemp was an English author known for children's books. Her first, The Pride of Tamworth Pig, appeared in 1972. She won the British Carnegie Medal for her school novel The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler (1977).

Gene Kemp was born in Wigginton, Staffordshire in 1926. She grew up near Tamworth, Staffordshire, and went to Exeter University. She became a teacher and taught at St Sidwell's School in Exeter in the 1970s.

From 1972 she wrote stories for young readers about a pig named Tamworth, named after the town she grew up in. Kemp found inspiration for many of the characters in her books amongst the friends of her children, Chantal and Richard.

Her best known book is The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler, published by Faber's Children's Books in 19 ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 1,429 ratings · 128 reviews · 52 distinct works • Similar authors
The Turbulent Term of Tyke ...
3.84 avg rating — 1,073 ratings — published 1977 — 42 editions
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Gowie Corby Plays Chicken
3.64 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions
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The Clock Tower Ghost
3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions
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Jason Bodger and the Priory...
3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions
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Puffin Book Of Ghosts & Ghouls
3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions
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Nothing Scares Me
3.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Charlie Lewis Plays for Time
3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions
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Just Ferret
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3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
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Juniper
4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions
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No Way Out
3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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What's the Name o...: SOLVED. Childrens chapter schoolyard adventures book. Protagonist is very naughty, possibly called Cat, best friend is Danny? Set in English school. Read around 1985. Spoiler ahead. [s] 4 18 Aug 14, 2016 05:24PM  
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