| 1933 | (March 17) born; Cairo, Egypt |
| 1945 | moved to England |
| 1957 | (June 27) married Jack Lively, university teacher |
| 1956 | received B.A. from St. Anne's College, Oxford |
| 1970 | Astercote |
| 1971 | The Whispering Knights |
| 1971 | The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy |
| 1972 | The Driftway |
| 1973 | The Ghost of Thomas Kempe; wins Carnegie Medal; Hans Christian Anderson Award List |
| 1973 | Children's Spring Book Festival Award, Book World (for The Driftway) |
| 1974 | The House in Norham Gardens |
| 1975 | Boy Without a Name |
| 1975 | Going Back |
| 1976 | A Stitch in Time; Whitbread Award |
| 1976 | The Stained Glass Window |
| 1976 | Fanny's Sister |
| 1976 | The Presence of the Past: An Introduction to Landscape History |
| 1977 | The Road to Lichfield; shortlisted for Booker-McConnell Prize |
| 1978 | Nothing Missing but the Samovar and Other Stories; Southern Arts Literary Prize |
| 1978 | The Voyage of QV66 |
| 1979 | Treasures of Time; Arts Council of Great Britain National Book Award |
| 1979 | Fanny and the Monsters |
| 1980 | Judgement Day |
| 1980 | Fanny and the Battle of Potter's Piece |
| 1981 | The Revenge of Samuel Stokes |
| 1982 | Next to Nature, Art |
| 1982 | Fanny and the Monsters and Other Stories |
| 1983 | Perfect Happiness |
| 1984 | Corruption and Other Stories |
| 1984 | According to Mark: A Novel; shortlisted for Booker-McConnell Prize |
| 1984 | Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories |
| 1984 | Dragon Trouble |
| 1986 | Pack of Cards |
| 1987 | Moon Tiger; wins Booker-McConnell Prize |
| 1987 | A House Inside Out |
| 1989 | Passing On |
| 1997 | Five Thousand and One Nights |
| 1999 | Spiderweb |
| 2002 | A House Unlocked |
| 2003 | The Photograph |
Last modified 9 August 2003