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Philippa Dickinson

She eventually became deputy head of publishing at Puffin Books, and left in 1986.

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Philippa Dickinson is a former editor for Puffin Books, and chairman of Random House Children's Publishing.

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

Carpenter wrote a companion novel for the series for Puffin Books in 1977.

Ursula Moray Williams

She was a friend of Puffin Books editor Kaye Webb, and organised riotous parties for the Puffin Club, of which she was made the first honorary member.

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It immediately sold out but disappeared until re-issued in abridged form by Kaye Webb at Puffin Books twenty years later, when it became a best-seller.

see also

Grimble

In the 1970s, the two titles were published in a compendium volume by Puffin Books, with drawings by Quentin Blake.