Ann Turnbull (born 1943) is a British writer of fiction for children and young adults.
[1] Her work includes Pigeon Summer, a novel set in a Midlands mining town during the Great Depression of the 1930s which is about a young girl named Mary Dyer, and No Shame, No Fear, a novel for young adults that depicts the persecution of Quakers during the 1660s, and is set in both Shropshire and London and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
[2] Pigeon Summer was nominated for the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and No Shame, No Fear was nominated for the Whitbread Book Award.
She has written a number of picture books but the best known is The Sand Horse which is illustrated by Michael Foreman.
part of the 6 Chelsea Walk series (originally published as Historical House)