Julia Eccleshare MBE (born 1951) is a British journalist and writer on the subject of children's books.
[3][5] The annual exhibition and annotated list had been established c.1970 by the National Book League (later renamed Booktrust) and had missed one year before its 1985 resumption.
In 2000 she co-founded the Branford Boase Award for an outstanding novel for young people by a first-time writer, and continues to chair its panel of judges.
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to children's literature.
[7] Eccleshare covered the Harry Potter series for Continuum (Contemporary classics of children's literature) when four volumes were in print.