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Home / Authors / Jill Paton Walsh Jill Paton Walsh British author Jill Paton Walsh is best known for her continuation of Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey series and her acclaimed standalone novel *Knowledge of Angels*. A Booker Prize finalist, her works are celebrated for literary depth and historical precision. This page provides the Jill Paton Walsh books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1965 Wordhoard: Anglo-Saxon Stories(With: Kevin Crossley-Holland) POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1966 Hengest's Tale POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1969 Fireweed POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1970 The Dolphin Crossing POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1972 Goldengrove POoGB · 1 Buy ↗ 1972 Farewell, Great King POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1973 The Dawnstone POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1974 Toolmaker POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 1974 The Emperor's Winding Sheet POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1975 The Island Sunrise: Prehistoric Britain POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1975 The Butty Boy / The Huffler(With: Juliette Palmer) POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1976 Unleaving POoGB · 2 Buy ↗ 1977 Crossing to Salamis POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 1977 The Walls of Athens POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1978 Persian Gold POoC · 4 Buy ↗ 1978 A Chance Child POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1978 Children of the Fox POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1982 The Green Book / Shine POoC · 5 Buy ↗ 1983 A Parcel of Patterns POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1985 Gaffer Samson's Luck POoC · 7 Buy ↗ 1985 Lost and Found(With: Mary Rayner) POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1986 Five Tides POoC · 8 Buy ↗ 1986 Lapsing POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1989 Birdy and the Ghosties POoGTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 A School for Lovers POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1992 When Grandma Came POoPB · 1 Buy ↗ 1992 Can I Play Jenny Jones? POoC · 9 Buy ↗ 1992 Can I Play Wolf? POoC · 10 Buy ↗ 1992 Can I Play Queenie? POoC · 11 Buy ↗ 1993 The Wyndham Case POoIQB · 1 Buy ↗ 1993 Matthew and the Sea Singer POoC · 12 Buy ↗ 1994 Knowledge of Angels POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1995 Pepi and the Secret Names POoPB · 2 Buy ↗ 1995 A Piece of Justice POoIQB · 2 Buy ↗ 1995 Thomas and the Tinners(With: Alan Marks) POoGTB · 2 Buy ↗ 1996 Connie Came to Play POoPB · 3 Buy ↗ 1997 When I Was Little Like You POoPB · 4 Buy ↗ 1997 The Serpentine Cave POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 1998 Thrones, Dominations POoLPW&HVB · 1 Buy ↗ 2000 A Desert in Bohemia POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 2002 A Presumption of Death POoLPW&HVB · 2 Buy ↗ 2006 Debts of Dishonor POoIQB · 3 Buy ↗ 2007 The Bad Quarto POoIQB · 4 Buy ↗ 2010 The Attenbury Emeralds POoLPW&HVB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 The Late Scholar POoLPW&HVB · 4 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Gripping Tales Books 2 books · 1989–1995
01 Birdy and the Ghosties 1989 Buy ↗ 02 Thomas and the Tinners(With: Alan Marks) 1995 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Imogen Quy Books 4 books · 1993–2007
01 The Wyndham Case 1993 Buy ↗ 02 A Piece of Justice 1995 Buy ↗ 03 Debts of Dishonor 2006 Buy ↗ 04 The Bad Quarto 2007 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Books 4 books · 1998–2013
01 Thrones, Dominations 1998 Buy ↗ 02 A Presumption of Death 2002 Buy ↗ 03 The Attenbury Emeralds 2010 Buy ↗ 04 The Late Scholar 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Picture Books 4 books · 1992–1997
01 When Grandma Came 1992 Buy ↗ 02 Pepi and the Secret Names 1995 Buy ↗ 03 Connie Came to Play 1996 Buy ↗ 04 When I Was Little Like You 1997 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 18 books · 1966–2000
01 Hengest's Tale 1966 Buy ↗ 03 The Dolphin Crossing 1970 Buy ↗ 04 Farewell, Great King 1972 Buy ↗ 05 The Emperor's Winding Sheet 1974 Buy ↗ 06 The Butty Boy / The Huffler(With: Juliette Palmer) 1975 Buy ↗ 07 The Walls of Athens 1977 Buy ↗ 08 A Chance Child 1978 Buy ↗ 09 Children of the Fox 1978 Buy ↗ 10 A Parcel of Patterns 1983 Buy ↗ 11 Lost and Found(With: Mary Rayner) 1985 Buy ↗ 14 A School for Lovers 1989 Buy ↗ 16 Knowledge of Angels 1994 Buy ↗ 17 The Serpentine Cave 1997 Buy ↗ 18 A Desert in Bohemia 2000 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Goldengrove Books 2 books · 1972–1976
Publication Order of Collections 1 book · 1965
01 Wordhoard: Anglo-Saxon Stories(With: Kevin Crossley-Holland) 1965 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Chapbooks 12 books · 1973–1993
03 Crossing to Salamis 1977 Buy ↗ 05 The Green Book / Shine 1982 Buy ↗ 07 Gaffer Samson's Luck 1985 Buy ↗ 09 Can I Play Jenny Jones? 1992 Buy ↗ 10 Can I Play Wolf? 1992 Buy ↗ 11 Can I Play Queenie? 1992 Buy ↗ 12 Matthew and the Sea Singer 1993 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 1975
01 The Island Sunrise: Prehistoric Britain 1975 Buy ↗