Philip Turner

Philip William Turner was an English children's author born in Rossland, British Columbia, Canada, to English parents, best known for his Darnley Mills series set in a fictional North East England town and for winning the Carnegie Medal in 1966 for The Grange at High Force. He also wrote young adult mystery novels under the pseudonym Stephen Chance featuring Reverend Septimus Treloar. Turner worked in religious broadcasting, teaching, and as a chaplain before passing away from cancer in West Malvern, England, in 2006.