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Dick King-Smith
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Born in Bitton, Gloucestershire
Born on 27th of March 1922
Died in 000

Born 1922 - English author.


Worked as farmer and factory hand. Became primary school teacher and writer of children’s fiction. First book published in 1978, The Fox Busters. Wrote The Sheep Pig (1986) which was filmed as Babe.

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