10 Facts About Edward Blishen

Edward Blishen was an English author and broadcaster.

Edward Blishen may be known best for the first of two children's novels based on Greek mythology, written with Leon Garfield, illustrated by Charles Keeping, and published by Longman in 1970.

Edward Blishen finished the concluding volume of his autobiographical sequence, Mind How You Go, in 1996, just before his death; it was published posthumously by Constable in 1997.

Edward Blishen's father had served in the First World War, from which he returned wounded, suffering from shell shock and silent about his experiences.

Edward Blishen felt that if he had fought a war, then I ought to fight a war as well.

For more than 33 years, from its inception in 1961 until, at least, 1994, Edward Blishen was the editor of the Junior Pears Encyclopaedia, published by Pelham Books.

Edward Blishen compiled a number of collections in the Kingfisher Treasury of Stories series and Children's Classics to Read Aloud.

In June 1995, Edward Blishen was awarded an Honorary Degree from the Open University as Doctor of the University.

Edward Blishen died in Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, in 1996, at the age of 76.

Edward Blishen had two sons and was married to Nancy Smith.