A British author, poet, and compiler of children's fairy tales, she is best known for titles such as A Book of Giants, A Book of Ogres and Trolls, The Growing Trees, and The River Dart. She published nearly one hundred literary works over the course of her career.
She was the daughter of a Unitarian minister, and she moved from Wales to England when she was three years old.
She and her husband worked for Rosaire's traveling circus during the early years of their marriage.
She married Artist
Her early poetry collections were published by Hogarth Press, which was run, at the time, by author Virginia Woolf.
