Mary Norton Books in Order

Mary Norton is a celebrated English children's author, renowned for her imaginative and captivating stories. Born Mary Pearson, she was raised in a Georgian house in Leighton Buzzard, a setting reportedly inspired by her novel <i>The Borrowers</i>, which now forms part of Leighton Middle School. A devoted wife and mother to four children, she began her career in the public sector, working for the War Office in 1940. During World War II, she worked for the British Purchasing Commission in New York, where she started writing. Her debut novel, <i>The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons</i>, published in 1943, marked the beginning of her illustrious writing career. Notably, her work inspired the Disney film <i>Bedknobs and Broomsticks</i>.