AUTHOR Shirley Hughes has died at the age of 94.
The writer, who penned the Alfie series has passed away after a short illness as tributes came in for the “outstanding” writer.
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The author died “peacefully at home after a short illness on Friday 25th February 2022.”
Her beloved children’s book Dogger, first published in 1977, was about a little boy who loses his stuffed dog toy.
It went on to win her the Kate Greenaway Medal for “an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people”.
It was an achievement that Hughes would win again – as she won the prize a second time for Ella’s Big Chance, a reimagining of Cinderella, in 2003.
Throughout her career, she illustrated some 200 children’s books and made lifetime sales surpassing more than 10 million copies of her books.
She was appointed a CBE in 2017 for her services to Children’s Literature, having been made an OBE in 1999.
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