Wayback Machine, Welsh Books Council, May 2012, accessed November 2012. ^ Magical Novel Wins Major Award Archived 4 March 2016 at the.^ Chilton, Irma Thomas, Rosemary (1976).^ 'British National Bibliography: Irma Chilton'.Ĭontemporary Science Fiction Authors vol. Wow, I had this book stuck in my mind for YEARS, finally after doing a billion searches and posting on book search forums, someone came up with this title, I bought the book here on Amazon and was Thrilled that it was the RIGHT BOOK The. Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2007. Irma Chilton's son Dafydd Chilton also wrote fiction for young readers. 5.0 out of 5 stars Nightmare by Irma Chilton. Chilton is commemorated in the name of the Irma Chilton Bursary, an annual memorial prize given to aspiring children's novelists by the Welsh Arts Council. Irma Evans married a chemist, Harry Chilton they had two children, Dafydd and Rhiannon. In 1989, she took the Crown for prose at the National Eisteddfod in They include the novels String of Time (1968, a time-travel story later retitled Nightmare (1972), Goldie (1969, about a 'calf-like' space creature who lands on an English farm), The Time Button (1970), Strangers Up the Lane (1971), Rhwng cwsg ac effro (1975), The Magic Cauldron and Other Folktales (1976), A Spray of Leaves (1977), The Witch (1979), The Prize (1983), Y Wobr (1984), and Y Peiriant Amser (1986, about time-travelling children). She wrote children's books in both English and Welsh and won eisteddfod prizes for them. Chilton's first book, Take Away The Flowers & Fuller's World, combined two science fiction stories about a pilot character named Tom Davies University of Wales, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1951. Her parents were Iorworth Evans, a furnaceman, and his wife, Esther Jane Muxworthy Evans. Welsh children's writer in the English and Welsh languages. Irma Chilton (born Mair Elizabeth Irma Evans, 12 November 1930 – 1 December 1990), also known as I.

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