Barbara Leonie Picard
December 17, 1917 – December 15, 2011 (aged 93)
Birth place: Richmond-upon-Thames, London, England, UK
Browse magazine works (first published 1949)
The following three collections of original fairy tales were published by Oxford in 1949/1951/1954, containing 15/14/12 stories (total of 41): "The Mermaid and the Simpleton", collection "The Faun and the Woodcutter's Daughter", collection "The Lady of the Linden Tree". Illustrated by Charles Stewart. 214 pp. New York: Criterion Books. $3.50 "Selected Fairy Tales" (1994) contains Picard's 16 favourites among the 41. Nine more original fairy tales (grand total of 50) were first published, or first collected, in two later books: "The Goldfinch Garden: Seven Tales" (Harrap & Co, 1965), illus. Anne Linton —7 original fairy tales ‡ "Twice Seven Tales" (Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1968), illus. Victor Ambrus —The Lady of the Linden Tree plus two more original fairy tales (from Wikipedia)