Enid Blyton Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton's books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into 90 languages; her first book, "Child Whispers", a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922. She wrote on a wide range of topics including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives and is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven and Malory Towers series. Following the commercial success of her
Carey Blyton several certificates and awards. Blyton is primarily known as a miniaturist, composing short orchestral scores. He wrote some well-regarded and often humorous pieces including "Return of Bulgy Gogo" (a tribute to Peter Warlock), "Up the Faringdon Road", "Mock Joplin" and "Saxe Blue". He also worked as a music editor, and in this capacity he assisted Benjamin Britten. Blyton wrote incidental music for three stories in the BBC "Doctor Who" television series: "Doctor Who and the Silurians" (1970), "Death to the Daleks" (1974), and "Revenge of the Cybermen" (1975). He was noted for his use of primitive musical instruments, using Crumhorns