Shirley Barber
Born(1935-06-23)23 June 1935
Guernsey, Channel Isles
Died12 December 2023(2023-12-12) (aged 88)
Watsonia, Victoria, Australia
NationalityBritish
Australian
Occupation(s)Children's author, illustrator
SpouseKeith Barber
Children2
Parent
  • Ben Machon (father)

Shirley Barber (23 June 1935 – 12 December 2023) was a British children's author and illustrator.

Born on 23 June 1935, Shirley spent her early childhood in Guernsey (Channel Islands).[1] She had formal art school training at Sandersons Furnishings, a textile and wallpaper studio in London.[2]

Barber was a longtime resident in Australia having emigrated there in 1965 and worked for a time for Oxford University Press in Melbourne, Victoria. She lived in Watsonia, a suburb of Melbourne, with her son and his family and was married twice. Her second husband Keith Barber died in 2000.[2]

Barber wrote many picture books and fairy-themed colouring books, calendars and diaries, which have sold over 10 million copies as of 2008.[2] Most of Barber's books featured fairies and animals. Her books were mainly set in picturesque woods. Her books were published in 18 languages.[2]

Barber died at her home in Watsonia on 12 December 2023, at the age of 88.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Shirley Barber". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Katherine Kizilos, "Our fairy Grandmother", The Age, 18 August 2008, p. 13
  3. ↑ "PRESS RELEASE: Shirley Barber, much-loved children's author, dies aged 88". Retrieved 12 December 2023.


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