6/10/2023 0 Comments Streatfeild noel![]() ![]() ![]() During the 1950s, she also worked in radio. She also wrote fiction and nonfiction for adults, sometimes using the pen name Susan Scarlett, including biographies. She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for Best Children's Book of the Year for The Circus Is Coming (1938) also known as Circus Shoes. Her familiarity with the stage provided authentic background for many of her popular books for children, including the "Shoes" books, beginning with the 1936 novel Ballet Shoes. She spent 10 years acting with the Charles Doran and Arthur Bourchier companies before becoming a full-time writer. After World War I, she moved to London to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Leonard's College and Laleham School in Eastbourne. She was educated by governesses and attended St. She often rebelled against the strict rules and expectations of her parents. William Champion Streatfeild, later Bishop of Lewes, and his wife Janet Nancy Venn. Noel Streatfeild, née Mary Noel, was born in Amberley, Sussex, England, one of six children of Rev. ![]()
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