No Holly for Miss Quinn. Saint also wrote two volumes of autobiography, A Fortunate Grandchild (1982) and Time Remembered (1986); the two were issued together in 1995 as Early Days. Saint retired in 1996. In 1998 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to literature. She and her husband lived in a hamlet near Newbury in Berkshire. Her husband died in 2004. She died on 7 April 2012. Bibliography The Fairacre novels: Village School* – 1955 Village Diary* – 1957 Storm in the Village* – 1958 Miss Clare Remembers – 1962 Over the Gate – 1964 Village Christmas** – 1966 Fairacre Festival – 1968 Emily Davis – 1971 Tyler's Row – 1972 Christmas Mouse** – 1973 Farther Afield – 1974 No Holly for Miss Quinn** – 1976 Village Affairs – 1977 The White Robin – 1979 Village Centenary – 1980 Summer at Fairacre – 1984 Mrs. Pringle – 1989 Changes at Fairacre – 1991 Farewell to Fairacre – 1993 A Peaceful Retirement – 1996 The first three books (marked with *) have been published in a single volume, Chronicles of Fairacre. The three Christmas books marked with ** have been published together. The Market Square (1966) and The Howards of Caxley (1967) are set in the historical past of Caxley, the nearby market town to Fairacre where Fairacre people go from time to time. Fairacre and Beech Green, a nearby village, are mentioned. The events in these books end before the events of the first Fairacre book start. Thrush Green books: Thrush Green – 1959 Winter in Thrush Green – 1961 News from Thrush Green – 1970 Battles at Thrush Green – 1975 Return to Thrush Green – 1978 Gossip from Thrush Green – 1981 Affairs at Thrush Green – 1983 At Home in Thrush Green – 1985 School at Thrush Green – 1987 Friends at Thrush Green – 1990 Celebrations at Thrush Green – 1992 Year at Thrush Green – 1995 Christmas at Thrush Green – 2009 written with Jenny Dereham The World of Thrush Green – 1988. This book discusses the real place that inspired Thrush Green and has excerpts from all Thrush Green books published as of 1988. Children's books: Hobby Horse Cottage – 1958 The Little Red Bus – 1964 The New Bed – 1964 No Hat! – 1964 Plum Pie – 1964 Hob and the Horse Bat