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Kaye Webb
Webb in 1972
Webb in 1972
Born26 January 1914
Died16 January 1996(1996-01-16) (aged 81)
OccupationEditor and publisher
NationalityBritish
Notable awardsEleanor Farjeon Award (1970)[1]
SpouseRonald Searle (1948–1967)

Kathleen ("Kaye") Webb MBE (26 January 1914 – 16 January 1996), was a British editor and publisher. She has been called an "enormously influential children's editor" and "brilliant as an innovator of highly successful marketing strategies".[1] She was awarded the Eleanor Farjeon Award in 1970.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Pearson, L. (2016). The Making of Modern Children's Literature in Britain: Publishing and Criticism in the 1960s and 1970s. Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-02475-0. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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