Rachel Anderson

Rachel Anderson
Born1943 (age 82–83)
OccupationsAuthor and journalist
Known forChildren's books
Spouse
(m. 1965; died 2011)
Children4
Parents
RelativesJanie Hampton (sister)
AwardsGuardian Children's Fiction Prize, 1991
Websiterachelanderson.co.uk

Rachel Anderson (born 1943) is an English journalist and author best known for her children's books. Her work often features the positive portrayal of characters with learning disabilities, and themes of social injustice and alienation. She was married for 45 years to the writer and translator David Bradby. Her mother was the writer Verily Anderson.

For the novel Paper Faces, published by OUP in 1991, Anderson won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.