What is Shirley Hughes?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Shirley Hughes | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] | image = Shirley Hughes.jpg | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[West Kirby]], England<!-- link to [[Cheshire]] seems inappropriate since that covers the current ceremonial county. See Early life --> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|2|25|1927|7|16|df=y}} | death_place = London, England | occupation = [[Illustrator]], writer | nationality = British | period = 1960–2022 | genre = [[Children's literature]], picture books | subject = | movement = | notableworks= {{plainlist| * ''[[Dogger (book)|Dogger]]'' * ''Ella's Big Chance'' }} | awards = {{awd |[[Kate Greenaway Medal]] |1977, 2003}} | signature = | website = }} '''Winifred Shirley Hughes''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (16 July 1927 – 25 February 2022) was an English author and illustrator. She wrote more than fifty books, which have sold more than 11.5 million copies.<ref name=PenguinUK>[http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015904,00.html Shirley Hughes – Penguin UK Authors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131254/http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015904,00.html |date=20 October 2013 }}</ref><ref name=RandomHouse>[http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Authors/Default.aspx?Page=Author&ID=Hughes,%20Shirley Random House profile]. Retrieved 1 January 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-2165527,00.html Times Online: It's all about Alfie]{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 1 January 2007.</ref> Hughes died on 25 February 2022 in [[London]], aged 94.<ref>{{cite news|title=Children's author Shirley Hughes dies aged 94|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60584090|date=2 March 2022|access-date=2 March 2022|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>