![]() His books were largely removed from shelves from 2004 onwards, but he continued to write. In 2004, he was convicted of 11 charges of sexual abuse with young girls and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and placed on the sex offenders' register for life. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Martin Cobalt, Dynely James and Charles Molin. Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. He won numerous awards including the Carnegie Medal in 1957 for A Grass Rope, the Guardian Award in 1993 for Low Tide, and the Kurt Maschler prize in 1997 for Lady Muck. Used very good Paperback First Condition Very Good/No Jacket Seller. He wrote more than 100 books during his lifetime and is best known for his Choir School quartet comprising of A Swarm in May, Choristers' Cake, Cathedral Wednesday and Words and Music, and his Earthfasts trilogy comprising of Earthfasts, Cradlefasts and Candlefasts. Before dropping out of school at 17, he was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral from 1937 until 1942. ![]() William Mayne was born on March 16, 1928. ![]()
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