Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Mal Peet
![Mal Peet](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: June, 1947
Died: March 2, 2015 (aged 67)
Bio: Mal Peet was an English author and illustrator best known for young adult fiction. He has won several honours including the Brandford Boase, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize, British children's literature awards that recognise "year's best" books.
Known for:
- Keeper (2003)
- The Penalty (2006)
- Tamar (2005)
- The Murdstone Trilogy (2014)
- Cloud Tea Monkeys (1999)