Berlie Doherty Quotes

United Kingdom, Novelist
November 6, 1943

Berlie Doherty (born Beryl Hollingsworth; 6 November 1943) is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal.She has also written novels for adults, plays for theatre and radio, television series and libretti for children's opera.

Also known as Poet, Playwright, Screenwriter

The sea was at the bottom of my road, and I seemed to spend my childhood in it or on it, hearing, tasting, smelling it. Now, still, I need to be near water as often as possible.

Berlie Doherty
- Water
- Road
- Childhood
I wrote 'Snowy' as a result of spending a week on a narrow boat with daily classes of children, helping them to write about canal life, the work of barges, the simple pleasure of watching the water creatures. There was no doubt that the star of their week was Snowy, the working barge horse who pulled us daily along the towpath.

Berlie Doherty
- Life
- Work
- Children