Elizabeth Beresford
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 4
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- August 6, 1926
- Died
- December 24, 2010
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Liza Beresford
Biography
Elisabeth Beresford MBE was an English author of children's books. She is best known for creating The Wombles.
Born into a literary family, she worked as a journalist, but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the late 1960s. Their recycling theme was noted especially and the Wombles became popular with children across the world.
While Beresford wrote many other works, the Wombles remained her best-known.
