The Worst Witch author Jill Murphy has died at the age of 72
The writer and illustrator, best known for her series of children’s books about witch Mildred Hubble and her classmates, as well as the Large Family series starting with Five Minutes’ Peace, died fromon August 18 with her son and niece at her side in hospital in Cornwall, her publisher confirmed.
‘Her genius lay in the way both the child and the adult could identify with her stories, which she wrote and illustrated herself. ‘The little girls who created playground games around Mildred Hubble and her classmates are now directing, producing and acting in the television series of The Worst Witch and the stage show, which last year took the Olivier award.
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