A biography for Penelope Livelyhasn’t been written yet.
“I have had to empty two family homes during the last few years - first, the house that had been my grandmother's since 1923, and then my own country home, which we had lived in for over twenty years.”
“It was a combination of an intense interest in children's literature, which I've always had, and the feeling that I'd just have a go and see if I could do it.”