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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kerri-Ann Roper

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Tributes paid to much loved children s author and illustrator shirley hughes - Caught on Camera

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The literary world has paid tribute to Shirley Hughes following her death aged 94.

The children’s author and illustrator Hughes, best known for her books in the Alfie series – about a boy called Alfie and his little sister Annie Rose – died “peacefully at home after a short illness on Friday 25 February 2022”, a statement to the PA news agency said.

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