and an instinctive Christian faith. Personal problems, including her brother's threatened suicide, family crises, the death of her husband, the loss of an eye, and her near death to cancer, interrupted her work, but Williams went on writing until the age of 80, and achieved the longest published career of any children's writer of her generation. She married Conrad Southey "Peter" John in 1935. They lived at Hampton, near Kingston upon Thames, then Esher, before moving to Gloucestershire in 1942, and Beckford, Worcestershire, in 1945. Peter died in 1971. They had four sons, three of whom survived her. She died in 2006 at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire. Many of Williams' manuscripts and further correspondence are held at Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle. An exhibition, marking the centenary of her birth, opened in Winchester in April 2011. Books 1931 Jean-Pierre 1932 For Brownies: Stories and Games for the Pack and Everybody Else 1933 Grandfather 1933 The Pettabomination 1933 The Autumn Sweepers and Other Plays 1934 Kelpie, the Gipsies' Pony (Harrap), illustrated by Ursula and Barbara Moray Williams, 1934 More for Brownies 1935 Anders & Marta 1935 Adventures of Anne 1936 Tales for the Sixes and Sevens 1936 Sandy on the Shore 1936 The Twins and Their Ponies 1937 The Adventures of Boss and Dingbatt, as by Ursula John, photos by Conrad Southey John, 1937 Elaine of La Signe 1937 Dumpling 1938 Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse 1939 Peter and the Wanderlust; later called Peter on the Road 1939 Adventures of Puffin 1940 Pretenders; Island 1941 A Castle for John-Peter 1942 Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat 1943 The Good Little Christmas Tree 1946 The Three Toymakers 1946 The House of Happiness 1948 Malkin's Mountain – sequel to The Three Toymakers 1948 The Story of Laughing Dandino 1951 The Binklebys at Home 1951 Jockin the Jester – historical fiction 1953 The Binklebys on the Farm 1955 Grumpa 1955 Secrets of the Wood 1956 Goodbody's Puppet Show 1957 Golden Horse with a Silver Tail 1958 Hobbie 1958 The Moonball 1959 The Noble Hawks; U.S. title: The Earl's Falconer – historical fiction 1959 The Nine Lives of Island MacKenzie 1963 Beware of This Animal 1964 Johnnie Tigerskin 1964 O for a Mouseless House 1965 High Adventure 1967 The Cruise of the Happy-Go-Gay 1968 A Crown for a Queen 1968 The Toymaker's Daughter – sequel to The Three Toymakers 1969 Mog 1970 Boy