Brambly Hedge creator Jill Barklem dies aged 66

Writer and illustrator of children’s book series about a community of mice in the English countryside had sold more than 7m copies

Jill Barklem, whose intricate Brambly Hedge stories have delighted children for decades, has died at the age of 66.

Her publisher HarperCollins Children’s Books said this morning that the author died peacefully in London on Wednesday following a long illness. Barklem had sold more than 7m copies of her Brambly Hedge books, which tell the tales of a community of mice in the English countryside.

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