Ruth Thomas (children's writer)

This article is about the children's writer. For the novelist and short story writer, see Ruth Thomas (novelist).

Ruth Thomas
Born	4 January 1927 Wellington, Somerset, England
Died	25 August 2011 age: 84
Occupation	Author of children's fiction
Nationality	English
Notable works	The Runaways
Notable awards	Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1988)

Ruth Thomas (4 January 1927 – 25 August 2011) was an English author of children's fiction. For her first novel, The Runaways, she won the 1988 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, an annual book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.

Thomas was born in Wellington, Somerset, England, to two primary school teachers.

Her books draw on her own experiences as a primary school teacher, at first in East London; during the 1980s in Kensal Green, north west London.

Publications

• The Runaways (1987)
• The Class That Went Wild (1989)
• The Secret (1991)
• The New Boy (1992)
• Guilty! (1993)
• Hideaway (1994)
• The Paper Bag Baby (2002)

External links

• Ruth Thomas At RandomHouse