Flora McDonnell
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Early life
McDonnell is the eldest daughter of Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim, the sister of the 10th Earl, and a niece of the artist Hector McDonnell.[1]
McDonnell was educated at St Mary's Shaftesbury, Wiltshire and Gresham's School in Norfolk. She graduated from Exeter College, Oxford in 1984. She then attended City and Guilds of London Art School from 1984 to 1989.[2]
McDonnell began her children's book career in 1994 with publishing I Love Animals (1994). Since then, she has published many children's books and collaborated with authors and poets.
She married Dr Thomas Pennybacker in 2003, and they have one son, born in 2004.[1] As the daughter of an Earl, before her marriage she had the courtesy title of Lady Flora McDonnell.
Awards
- The Mother Goose Award for first-time published children's book illustrator (1995)
Publications
Children's books
- I Love Animals (Walker Books, 1994) Template:ISBN
- I Love Boats (Walker Books, 1996) Template:ISBN
- Flora McDonnell's ABC (Walker Books, 1998) Template:ISBN
- Splash! (Candlewick Books, 1999) Template:ISBN
- The Mermaid's Purse [poems by Ted Hughes, illustrated by Flora McDonnell] (Knopf Books, 2000) Template:ISBN
- The Cat and the Cuckoo [by Ted Hughes, illustrated by Flora McDonnell] (Roaring Brook Press, 2003) Template:ISBN
- Sparky (Candlewick Books, 2004) Template:ISBN
- Giddy up! Let's Ride! (New Line Books, 2006) Template:ISBN
- Out of a Dark Winter's Night (Thames and Hudson, 2020) Template:ISBN
Other
- Threads of Hope [ed. Flora McDonnell] (Short Books, 2003) Template:ISBN
References
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- ↑ a b Susan Morris, ed. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019 (2019), p. 1554
- ↑ Flora McDonnell, sulisfineart.com, accessed 17 August 2021
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- Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, (1999), volume 1, page 90.
- Flora McDonnell at walkerbooks.co.uk
- List of notable Old Greshamians
- Descendants of William the Conqueror
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