Ruth Thomas (children's writer)
Introduction '''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)
References
External links *  Ruth Thomas At RandomHouse