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Helen Cresswell

Author 18 / Creator 2 · 1956 – 1995 · 📺 2 📖 18 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Helen Cresswell was an English television scriptwriter and author of more than 100 children's books, best known for comedy and supernatural fiction. Her most popular book series, Lizzie Dripping and The Bagthorpe Saga, were also the basis for television series.

All · 20 📺 TV · 2 📖 Books · 18

Fiction Fantasy children's fiction JUVENILE FICTION Horror

Highlights

The Little Sea Horse

The Little Sea Horse

1995

The Watchers

The Watchers

1993

Tales of Horror and Mystery

Tales of Horror and Mystery

1993

Frequent Collaborators

Ambrose Bierce

2 shared

Robert Arthur

2 shared

W. W. Jacobs

2 shared

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

2 shared

Roald Dahl

2 shared

Edith Nesbit

2 shared

All decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

📺 TV Shows

Moondial

Moondial

creator

1988

Lizzie Dripping

Lizzie Dripping

creator

1973

📖 Books

The Little Sea Horse

The Little Sea Horse

author

1995

The Watchers

The Watchers

author

1993

Tales of Horror and Mystery

Tales of Horror and Mystery

author

1993

The return of the Psammead

The return of the Psammead

author

1992

The Secret World of Polly Flint

The Secret World of Polly Flint

author

1984

Bagthorpes Abroad (The Bagthorpe Saga #5)

Bagthorpes Abroad (The Bagthorpe Saga #5)

author

1984

Bagthorpes V. The World (The Bagthorpe Saga #4)

Bagthorpes V. The World (The Bagthorpe Saga #4)

author

1979

Bagthorpes Unlimited (The Bagthorpe Saga #3)

Bagthorpes Unlimited (The Bagthorpe Saga #3)

author

1978

Absolute zero

Absolute zero

author

1978

The Bongleweed

The Bongleweed

author

1973

The bongleweed

The bongleweed

author

1973

Up the pier

Up the pier

author

1971

The night-watchmen

author

1969

Where the wind blows

Where the wind blows

author

1968

The piemakers

The piemakers

author

1967

The piemakers

The piemakers

author

1967

Pietro and the mule

author

1965

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

author

1956

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